PROFESSIONAL
REFLECTION DYNAMIC DURING THE PROFESSIONALIZATION PROCESS
Anna
Troyanskaya
Abstract
In modern
multicultural world to achieve the productiveness of professionalization means
to take into consideration of subject’s cultural characteristics and implies the
use of specific culture advantages. In the article an attempt is made to prove
the supposition that in crisis conditions of productive professionalization professional
reflection of ethnic subject acquires culture compliance.
Key
words: productive professionalization, culture values,
culture compliant professional reflection.
Introduction
The society demands unified requirements of achieving productiveness
of professionalization by members of all involved ethnic groups. Professionalization
planning and administrating are based on common, averaged rules make it
difficult to attain its productiveness for ethnic subjects and restricts the
ability of using their specific cultural advantages. Professional education
system must integrate a person into culture existence, provide them with
methods of solving professional problems under the conditions of fast changing culture
environment by application culture ways of acting in profession (Saksonova, 2006,
27). Modern process of inculturation is steady and helps to project the professional
culture of ethnic subject.
Working
this problem out is not sufficient in modern science. Such ideas are developed
by a number of scientists (V.U.Khotinec 2002, 2008, A.V.Karpov 2004,
N.M.Lebedeva 2007, O.S.Anisimov 2006, L.P.Saksonova 2006, M.V.Shvidkaya 2006,
E.V.Selezneva 2005 at al.). But in most cases the description of relations of the
professional and the ethno-cultural in the personal inner world is incomplete, the
role of reflection as a culture effects “conductor” has not been revealed.
Methodology
We
understand professionalization, according to A.A.Derkach (2000), A.V.Karpov (2004),
in a narrow sense, as a process of achieving a compliance with the professional
requirements by the subject of activity, a process of development and
self-development of the subject. The productiveness of professionalization
(K.A.Abulhanova, N.V.Vasina, L.G.Laptev, V.A.Slastenin, 1998) is characterized
by the level of professional-personal development, form necessary for work professional
important qualities and new psychological formations, knowlege, abilities,
skills, professional positions, creative activity as self-development. Professionalization
productiveness can be reached in the education process and self-improving
activity.
Productive professionalization is a crisis period of professional
growth, it contains the conflict between the established older system of
professional problem-solving methods and the new methodology offered. Under the
crisis conditions, universal variants of action, contained in culture, appear to
be the most reliable, simple, gentle way to settle the contradiction.
In our research an attempt is made to prove the suggestion that under
the productive professionalization crisis conditions professional reflection of
ethnic subject acquires culture compliance.
Study
In the research a group of educators took part teachers of different
nationalities (Finno-Ugric (Udmurtian) and Russian). The participants were attending
the refreshing course, sample quantity is 128 people. To carry out the research
of the respondents’ system of values S.H.Schwarz’ Method for study the culture
values orientation has been used. To diagnose professional reflection
components: reflexiveness, self-evaluation of professional important qualities
(PIQ), productive motivation, teacher professional self-consciousness (TPS),
satisfaction with work, professional events significance, - the following
methods have been used: shorter variant of complex method to study Professional
self-development motivation (A.A.Derkach, A.A.Bodalev, L.G.Laptev,
L.A.Pavlichenko, N.V.Vasina et al., 2001), that is presented by method to study
self-evaluation of PIQ, Logical square (an adapted variant of N.V.Kuzmina
Method), Personal motivational profile; Personal reflexiveness level
(A.V.Karpov, 2004), Teacher professional self-consciousness (TPS) (A.V.Savchuk,
S.K.Gasanov), Life goal analysis (L.D.Stolyarenko). To get statistic data
processing it has been used factor analysis of two subgroups’ data separately
by principal components method with Varymax rotation in SPSS 11.5 program,
dispersive univariate one-way ANOVA and multivariate MANOVA.
As
an outcome of value orientation structure analysis of Udmurt and Russian
subgroups respondents’ under the productive professionalization conditions there
were found four factors in each subgroup, explained 53% and 52% of dispersion.
The two strongest factors in each subgroup are submitted. In the research
operational factors titles are offered (see table 1).
Table 1. Factor structure of values of
respondents Udmurt and Russian subgroups under the productive
professionalization conditions
Udmurt |
Russian |
“Social life regulation” 23% social order (0,890), social justice (0,886), national
safety (0,880), efficiency (0,872), honesty (0,863), independence (0,862), equality
(0,849) |
“Individual life regulation” 22% efficiency (0,893), self-respect (0,890), meaning of
life (0,878), self-discipline (0,875), wisdom (0,871), independence (0,871), honesty
(0,869), privacy (0,857), intelligence (0,856) |
“Mildness” 16% saving
face (0,879), modesty (0,819), obligatoriness (0,801), contentment of place
in life (0,801), moderateness (0,797), mutual complaisance (0,760) |
“Pleasure” 15% pleasure
(0,892), interesting life (0,877), variety of life (0,874), unity with nature
(0,840), moderateness (0,836), wealthiness (0,825), freedom (0,750), self-indulgence
(0,745) |
In
Udmurt subgroup factors “Social life regulation” and “Mildness” reflect values of conservation, moderateness
on the one hand and social order, involving equal abilities of self-realization
for all members of society - on the other hand. These values can be named
adaptive values of social orientation, which are basic traditional values in Udmurt
culture. (Khotinets, 2008)
Value
factors marked out in the Russian subgroup are related with culture-specific
factors, described in fundamental research of Lebedeva N.M. (Lebedeva, 2007). In
the Russian subgroup the strongest factors are “Individual life regulation”
and “Pleasure”. Activity is focused on subjects’ inner world, on its’
structuring and categorization. These factors can be named instrumental values
of individual orientation.
The factor,
associated with regulating trend, is presented in both subgroups. This is
contained in culture universal method of contradiction settlement, a response
to professionalization crisis condition. In the Russian subgroup regulative
activity is directed at individual world, a subject applies to
self-organization. In Udmurt subgroup social world is regulated,
self-regulating is carried out by social
means. This way of self-organization throws back to heathen value of
unity with nature, discover oneself in outer world (Khotinets, 2008, 14). An
individual turns into world’s objects, subjects, organizes himself stimulant,
thus receiving means to organize the world itself.
To
discover the marked out factors of values effects on professional reflection we
conducted dispersive analysis of two subgroups data separately. Value factor “Social life regulation” in Udmurt subgroup exerts significant effects on professional
reflection components: reflexiveness and productive motivation. (See table 2, picture
1)
Table 2. Effects of value factor “Social life
regulation” on reflexiveness and productive motivation in Udmurt
subgroup (mean and steady deviation) (univariate one-way ANOVA)
Professional reflection components |
Layers of value factor “Social life
regulation” |
|
Low |
High |
|
Reflexiveness |
128,25 (7,9) |
135,5 (8,2) |
Productive motivation |
11,8 (4,0) |
15,4 (3,7) |
Comment: main effects of value factor “Social life
regulation” on reflexiveness F(1, 30) = 6,499, p<0,05, productive
motivation F(1, 30) = 7,129, p<0,05.
Picture 1. Effects of value factor “Social life
regulation” on professional reflection components: a)
reflexiveness, b) productive motivation
à)
á)
The
value “Social life regulaton” start up self-organization, that is interpreted
as world organizing in Udmurt subgroup. These adaptive social-orientated values
are originally based on Udmurt culture heathen canons (Khotinets, 2008, 16).
Lively connection with natural environment is basal for East-Finnish people
mentality, which describes their attitude to the world (Khotinets, 2008, 16). The
value of Regulation is actualized as culture compliant way of self-organization
in Udmurt subgroup. An individual turns into world, appropriates its
characteristic, organizes himself like that and by this way he organizes the world
itself.
In the Russian
subgroup an effect of value factor “Individual life regulation” on professional
reflection was discovered. (See table 3, 4, picture
2)
Table 3. Effects of value factor “Individual life
regulation” on professional reflection in Russian subgroup
(multivariate MANOVA)
Effect |
Multivariate criteria |
Value |
F |
Significance |
value factor “Individual life
regulation” |
Pillai’s Trace Wilks’ Lambda |
0,506 0,494 |
4,267 4,267 |
0,004 0,004 |
Table 4. Mean and
steady deviation of professioanal reflection components
Professional reflection components |
Layers
of value factor “Individual life regulation |
|
Low |
High |
|
Self-evaluation of
professional important qualities |
60,0 (15,5) |
38,6 (14,9) |
Reflexiveness |
132,8 (7,0) |
142,5 (9,8) |
Productive motivation |
13,4 (3,5) |
18,5 (5,0) |
Teacher
professional self-consciousness |
132,4 (7,8) |
141,7 (11,7) |
Satisfaction
with work |
3,6 (2,6) |
5,4 (1,8) |
Comment: main effects of value factor “Individual life regulation” on: self-evaluation of PIQ F(1, 30) = 15,98, p<0,001, reflaxiveness
F(1, 30) = 10,47, p<0,01, productive motivation F(1, 30) = 11,10, p<0,01,
TPS F(1, 30) = 7,01, p<0,05, satisfaction with work F(1, 30) = 5,20, p<0,05.
Picture 2. Effect of value factor “Individual
life regulation” on professional reflection components: a) self-evaluation
of PIQ, b) reflexiveness, c)
productive motivation, d) teacher professional
self-consciousness, e) satisfaction with work
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Accepting
the value of regulating activity, the inner world reconsidering starts up
realizing the following processes in the form of reflection activity. That results
in clearer and more adequate self-evaluation of PIQ, distinct recognition own
professional characteristics, feeling of belonging to profession. Motivation for
change and production strengthens. Attained feeling of clarity and order, more profound
penetrating into the essence of own profession raises the feeling of
satisfaction with work.
Conclusion
Thereby,
values, implemented in nation culture, have influent effects on professional
reflection components. These are adaptive social-orientated values in Finno-Ugric
(Udmurt) group, instrumental individual-orientated values in Russian subgroup.
Professional reflection realizes in a culture compliant way under the
productive professionalization conditions.
References
1. Derkach A.A., Zazikin V.G., Markova A.K. (2000), Psihologiya
razvitiya professionala. Moscow.
2. Karpov A.V. (2004) Psihologiya refleksivnih
mehanizmov deyatelnosti. Moscow: IP RAS.
3. Khotinets V.U. (2008), Tsennosti yazichestva i
udmutrskaya mentalnost. Etnokulturnaya lichnost i konkurentosposobnost. Sbornik
statei/ Edition V.U.Khotinets, E.R.Hakimov. Izhevsk: UdSU. P. 7-23.
4. Lebedeva N.M., Tatarko A.N. (2007), Tsennosti
culturi i razvitie obshestva. Moscow: SU-HSE.
5. Psihologia i pedagogika. Uchebnoe posobie/ Edition
K.A.Abulhanova, N.V.Vasina, L.G.Laptev,V.A.Slastenin (1998), Moscow:
Sovershenstvo. P. 136-165, 231-241.
6. Rabochaya kniga prakticheskogo psihologa: posobie
dlya spetsialistov, rabotaushih s personalom// Edition A.A.Bodalev,
A.A.Derkach, L.G.Laptev (2001), Moscow: Psychotherapy Ins.. P. 95-123.
7. Saksonova L.P. (2006) Kulturosoobraznost – osnova
innovatsionnih protsessov v professionalnom obrazovanii. Innovatsii v
obrazovanii, 3. P. 12-32.
8. Schwartz S.H. (1992), Universals in the structure
and content of values: Theoretical advances and empirical tests in 20 countries.
Advances in experimental social psychology/ Ed. M.P.Zanna.. Orlando, FL,
Academic. V. 25. P. 1-65.