Home – Home – Jornals – Professional Education in the Modern World 2016 number 3

The system of reforming of penitentiary bodies imposes new requirements to training of specialists for penal institutions. In these conditions the higher education structure should pay special attention to value orientations of a profession which in many respects is based on the principle of humanity. The paper analyses the educational environment of university sponsored by the Federal Service for the Execution of Sanctions of Russia and takes into account an axiological paradigm. The features of professional activity, which are based on the value sphere of the educational institution, determine the axiologiness of professional training of prospective experts for the penalty system. The educational environment of the educational institution is reviewed by three interconnected components: cognitive, emotional, active, and practical. During their educational and professionally oriented practice, the cadets acquire such values of the profession as the educational, normative, stimulating values, and values of control and result. The researcher puts special stress on the special place of the education value among professional values. It is revealed in respect to the employee of the Penitentiary System as well as to the convicts. The author makes conclusion about the necessity to develop cadets’ professional and value orientations, as it is a leading criterion of employees’ professionalism at the Penitentiary System. The author’s conclusion is based on theoretical analysis of the axiological aspects of the educational environment of the university sponsored by the Federal Service for the Execution of Sanctions of Russia.