Professional self-development of future specialists in the field of ecological psychology in the context of distance learning

Abstract

Professional self-development as is one of the key targets of the higher education system. The digital transformation of the professional training sphere analyses the features of future specialists' self-assessment of individual ability to transform themselves, their living conditions and professional activities. The information about the influence of the distance-learning format on professional self-esteem and self-development in future specialists are poorly systematized in the modern scientific literature. The aim of the article is the study of future educational psychologists and social educators' attitude to the distance learning as a resource for self-development, the analysis of the correlation between future professionals' quality evaluation of the organization and content of distance learning process in the period of the pandemic and self-assessment of their skills. We used the empirical methods: survey methods to collect data from respondents. The subject is the opportunities for self-development of the future specialist of the psycho-pedagogical fields in the conditions of distance format of obtaining a profession. The mathematical and mathematical statistics methods were used. The sample set of respondents consisted of 57 2-4 years students of full-time and part-time education of the Faculty of Psychology and Social Pedagogy of the State University of Humanities and Technology, Orekhovo-Zuyevo.