Socio-Demographic factors of students’ Professional Socialization

Abstract

The article deals with the professional socialization of students, especially of their course according to sociodemographic factors. The authors focus primarily on deterministic process of professional socialization in high school before high school socialization, which is determinated by socio-demographic factors such as place of residence before the university, parents’ social status and level of education. Based on analysis of the results of empirical research conducted by the Department of Sociology of V.N.Karazin Kharkov National University during 2008-2009 among the students of Ukraine, the authors come to the conclusion regarding the changes of the disposition of students in the course of their professional socialization. The research found that the positive dynamics of academic achievement of respondents from rural areas is better than in urban counterparts. The obtained results also recorded significant changes in the educational motivation of students during their professional socialization in high school comparing to the initial stage of their university life, which, inter alia, is caused by social and demographic factors.