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Determinants of Profession Choice in Students’ Educational Strategies in the Context of the Reproduction of Human Capital
Nataliya M. Velikaya
Dr.Sci. (Polit.), Professor, Deputy Director of Science and Research, Institute of Socio- Political Research – Branch of the Federal Center for Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (6, bld. 1 Fotieva St., Moscow 119333, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5532-844X, Scopus ID: 8438345700, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elena A. Irsetskaya
Cand.Sci. (Sociol.), Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Socio-Political Research – Branch of the Federal Center for Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (6, bld. 1 Fotieva St., Moscow 119333, Russian Federation), Associate Professor, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (49 Leningradskiy Prospekt, Moscow 125167, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-6486, Scopus ID: 57195632910, Researcher ID: L-5385-2016, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Olga V. Kitaitseva
Cand.Sci. (Sociol.), Associate Professor of the Chair of Applied Sociology, Russian State University for the Humanities (6 Miusskaya Sq., Moscow 125047, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7893-8945, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Аbstract
Introduction. The relevance of the study is determined by the necessity to optimize the process of reproduction and building up the human capital of the Russian Federation, where the primary place belongs to education. The article discusses the educational strategies of Russian students in the current conditions of transition to the sixth technological mode, when the formation of a learning society and knowledge economy is of particular importance, which requires additional investment in human capital and educational capital in particular. The purpose of the study is to describe the educational strategies of Moscow students as dynamic systems of perspective orientation of an individual, as well as constructing their future life in accordance with a certain plan.
Materials and Methods. The empirical basis of the article constitute the findings of the online sociological survey “Students of Russia: civic culture and life strategiesˮ, conducted in April‒May 2022 with an additional representation of the array in Moscow. Having carried out an exploratory factor analysis by the method of principal components and rotation by the Varimax method, the authors identify factors that allow interpreting various educational strategies for choosing a direction of study by students.
Results. Comparing the social practices of students in Moscow with those in the regions, identifying the dominant factors in choosing a speciality/academic specialism, the authors identify speciality choice indices that are determined by different factors and lead to studentsʼ adherence to different types of educational strategies: “rationalˮ strategy, “inner circle of trustˮ strategy and “random choiceˮ.
Discussion and Conclusion. The study conducted by the authors made it possible to formulate a number of significant conclusions that make a significant contribution to understanding the structure of the social capital of today's youth. The development of the educational capital of the younger generation is an important task in the process of ensuring the development of the entire Russian society as a whole.
Keywords: student, students, human capital, educational strategies, professional orientations
Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
For citation: Velikaya N.M., Irsetskaya E.A., Kitaitseva O.V. Determinants of Profession Choice in Students’ Educational Strategies in the Context of the Reproduction of Human Capital. Integration of Education. 2023;27(4):630–645. https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.113.027.202304.630-645
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 18.07.2023;
revised 04.10.2023;
accepted 09.10.2023.
Authors’ contribution:
N. M. Velikaya – scientific leadership; formation of the concept and development of research methodology; critical analysis;
E. A. Irsetskaya – formalized data analysis; preparation of a review of international experience; preparation of the initial text of the article;
O. V. Kitaitseva – formalized data analysis; text revision.
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