Keyword: «self-expression»

The article notes the relevance of using methods of art therapy in the educational process of higher school. The author points to the broad spectrum use of art therapy and specifies the different uses of dramatherapy in the educational process. The article presents the experience with the students-psychologists, aimed at the assimilation of the theoretical knowledge through practical use of the techniques of dramatherapy, as well as self-awareness and self-discovery of oneself, the realization of your inner potential emotional expression of their feelings.

In this paper the author examines the reforms of recent decades, where the Soviet system of physical culture was destroyed, mass physical culture and sports movement almost lost significant government support. Sports and physical development turned into a private matter, because the commercialization of a significant proportion of health and fitness services. This led to a marked decrease in the number of people involved in sports, to reduce the importance of sport in the general system of Russian values and, as a consequence, to the deterioration of the living standards of the public. Market relations dominating the society, as well as the liberation of the state from social obligations, influences the system of values of the individual layers of the population. On the values of sport and a healthy lifestyle are focused to a greater extent, the representatives of the higher strata of society, for which sport activities become part of the prestigious fashion and consumption. Representatives of the lower social groups, on the contrary, consider sports unnecessary and meaningless.

The relevance of studying the problem of the development of students' professional self-expression culture is due to the fact that its characteristics, demonstrated by beginning specialists at the start of their working activity, determine the degree of their adaptation in the team, the achievement of results that are acceptable to them and necessary for the successful functioning of the organization. The aim of the study is to describe the essence of the students’ professional self-expression culture, the regularities and principles of its development. The study used: theoretical methods – analysis, generalization, systematization of scientific materials on the topic; empirical methods – testing. The use of theoretical methods resulted in the conclusion that self-expression has essential characteristics, including the ways in which people express themselves in the world, demonstrate their preferences, values, and beliefs. It necessary to note the importance of the ability to implement it taking into account the norms of social and professional culture. This creates the preconditions for analyzing issues concerning the culture of professional self-expression. These are the characteristics and methods of self-organized activities performed by students, in which the values of the profession are demonstrated, emotions are expressed in accordance with their internal status and the requirements of the area of training, based on reflection and the search for the most successful options for self-expression. The regularities of the development of the professional self-expression culture identified by the author are combined into three groups – regularities of essence, development, and effectiveness demonstrating, respectively, the essential characteristics of the phenomenon being studied, the specific features of the changes occurring with them during professional training, and the results of this process. Each regularity is realized according to the basic principles: systematicity and integrity, consistency, competence-axiological conditioning, cultural-professional context, acmeological orientation. The theoretical significance of the work lies in the systematization of views on self-expression, the identification of regularities and principles of the development of students' professional self-expression culture. The practical significance is determined by the fact that the pedagogical conditions created in professional training lead to positive changes in the studied culture, ensuring academic success for students and creating a foundation for future successful adaptation in work teams and career advancement.