Formation of Moral Values of Professional (Vocation-Technical) Education Acquires in Accordance with the Requirements of the Labor Market
Authors: Pakhomov I. V. 
Published: May 2024

The article describes the results of the application of the program of formation of moral values of convicted students of professional (vocational and technical) education, which is based on the principles of parable therapy and existential psychology. The subjects were divided into three groups: the first (experimental) — those who participated in the program of formation of moral values and at the same time received professional (vocational and technical) education, the second (first control) — those who only received education, the third (second control) — who did not participate in the moral values formation program and did not receive an education. Peculiarities of the value sphere of the interviewees were diagnosed using Milton Rokich's test of terminal and instrumental values, which allows determining the ranks of each of the 18 terminal and 18 instrumental values of an individual. The most significant for respondents of all groups is such a terminal value as "materially provided life", and the least significant is the value "creativity". The most significant for them are the following instrumental values: "ability to think", "restraint" and "firm will"; and "discipline" and "accuracy" are the least significant. It was concluded that there is a close connection between all similar moral values of the respondents of the control groups, which was not found in the subjects of the experimental group. Interrelated values were found in all groups of subjects: "active life" and "life wisdom"; "creativity" and "self-confidence"; "care" and "hard work". Only the individuals of the experimental group experienced significant changes in the hierarchy of moral values: they increased in importance, which indicates the effectiveness of the program, which did not occur in the individuals of the control groups. Significant differences were also found between the clusters of moral values of individuals in the experimental group, which was not found in the representatives of the control groups. Significant differences were found between the value clusters of representatives of the experimental group before and after the program, which was not found between the value clusters of representatives of the control groups. In each group of respondents there are clusters "Family values" (values "responsibility" and "caring"), "Basic values" (value "materially provided life") and "Active life" (values "interesting work", "hardworking" and " art"). In each group of convicts there is a factor "Basic values" (value "materially secure life"), almost in each: "Family values" (value "caring"), "Professional values" (values "interesting work", "discipline" and "responsibility") and "Ethical values" ("honesty" value). As a result of the involvement of vocational (vocational and technical) education recipients of the experimental group in the correctional program "Moral values", significant changes in the hierarchy of values occurred in them, which did not occur in the individuals of the control groups (including those receiving vocational and technical education), which testifies to its effectiveness in the direction of the formation of moral values.