Аннотация:Abstract: This article reflects the current direction of psychological research in the
professional self-determination of high school students. The problem of professional orientation
is considered the most important factor of personal and professional development of the modern
teenager; differences in the structures of the individual orientation and in the value orientations
of students inclined to different disciplines are revealed. The relationship between the
components of the individual professional orientation in the context of needs and interests is
defined. The peculiarities of the scale of values and motives as significant components of the
professional self-determination of a modern teenager are explored. The influence of motivation
and value orientations on the individual‘s professional self-determination during the time of
declaring their professional intentions is considered. Intermediate results of professional
orientation studies at the stage of professional self-determination are presented. Particular
attention is paid to the results of comparative studies and the revealed differences in the
structure of the professional orientation of teenagers prone to the exact and humanitarian
sciences.
Keywords: professional orientation, professional self-determination,
value orientations.