INVESTIGATING PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS OF THE CORRECTIONAL PEDAGOGUE

Aim: The paper is devoted to highlighting the results of investigating the peculiarities of professional awareness of correctional pedagogues.Research methods: To achieve the goals of the investigation, business games, testing, evaluation of correctional pedagogues by the supervisor (curator, director), analysis of special documentation, activity monitoring and the method of solving professional tasks have been used. The results have been processed mathematically and accumulated in the database. They have been developed and represented in the form of tables.To determine the levels of development of professional awareness of correctional pedagogues both theoretical and empirical approaches have been used.Results: In the paper the detailed description of the developed levels of each component of professional awareness (cognitive, reflexive, axiological, motivational, affective) is presented, the main stages of the investigation work are determined: structuring of professional awareness; external evaluation of the correctional pedagogue’s activity; comparative analysis of the results of the investigation of the first and second stages of the experiment; dependencies between levels of professional awareness and different factors of professional activity development are established. The numerical results obtained during the experiment are also given. The factors of influence on the levels of development of professional awareness of correctional pedagogues are revealed: experience professional activity, working conditions, personal circumstances, awareness of issues of importance of the level of professional awareness and its components in the professional development of the employee. The results obtained during the investigation have provided the bases for developing the ways to optimize the forming professional awareness of correctional pedagogues: expanding the experience of professional activity; creating optimal professional conditions; adapting personal circumstances; disseminating the knowledge on issues of importance of level of professional awareness and its components in professional development of correctional pedagogues.Conclusions: The materials covered in the paper indicate the need: to increase the levels of development of the professional awareness of correctional pedagogues; to form the adequate professional self-esteem; to establish the dependency between professional awareness and the level of professional competence; to ensure positive impact of identified factors of professional awareness development; to form the developing technology for optimization of the process of professional awareness development in correctional pedagogues with different work experience.