Home – Home – Jornals – Professional Education in the Modern World 2015 number 1

The paper defines interaction between national interests of Russia and level of Russians’ professional education and interdependence of these two criteria. The author demonstrates common and different features between national interests and national security. The article explains that national interests are supported hat only by developed economy and military power, but professional education of higher quality. The author considers integration of cognitive and affective components to be the main characteristic of professional education quality. Primary, secondary and higher education are considered from the holistic paradigm point of view; it assumes each stage of education is person’s entering the immediate world, remote world and distant one. The professional activity is represented as a converting factor in the uniform social and natural world. The article demonstrates contradiction between secondary and vocational education. Secondary education is aimed at human development whereas professional education is aimed at personality development, which is necessary for skillful and professional work. The author adheres to the history of professional education foundation and development in Russia; he points out critical eye of outstanding Russian surgeon and teacher Pirogov N.I. to vocational education. Thus, he explains that professional education of good quality should be combined with the secondary one. The national interests of Russia are considered to be the unity of internal and external interests of the country. Only versatile and professionally trained people are capable to meet these or that interests. The publication focuses on the problem of limits concerning economic and centric paradigm of development the country and it validates that its economic and military power are capable to provide only highly and versatile educated citizens and professionals of high level. The author suggests considering highly-qualified people not only ones who have diplomas of higher education, but specialists who have primary and secondary education certificates able to get results. It is possible to refer workers, technologists, engineers, service workers, people involved in culture, medicine, public education, military men, research workers and others to the category. The system of institutional and non-institutional ways of education applies training of specialists of this kind. Institutional education includes that part of educational system which is built by society and government in order to assist people of Russia in their intelligent, moral development and vocational training. Non- institutional education isn't represented as institutes, and it goes on spontaneously by means of interaction between a person and other people, culture and nature that finally affects shaping professional interests and successful professional activity. Personal professional success and economic prosperity depend on professional competence. It enhances meeting and protection national interests. Personal responsibility, moral qualities and comprehension of profession relevance for person, society and government are important professional qualities. Lack of these features or their or insufficiency of these qualities is neutral or even harm to national interests of the country because often lead to accidents on fault “the human factor”.