Readiness Of Future School Psychologists For Professional Activity

Abstract

At the present stage of formation of practical psychology, the profession of psychologist-practitioner has become widespread with high demands of society. The sphere of education is most intensively provided by psychologists. But the   traditional form of education does not ensure the formation of the appropriate readiness of future psychologists-practitioners for effective professional activity. To rectify the situation it is necessary to overcome a number of contradictions, the main of which are the contradictions between: the necessary personal characteristics of future specialists and the real conditions of training and practical activities, between the image of the employee of the psychological service, formed in the imagination of the population, and the real qualities of specialists; between students' interest in studying in higher educational institutions and its absence in future practical activities in the field of practical psychology; between the requirements of psychological readiness for practical activities and the actual lack of it in a number of professionally significant qualities