Formation of Students’ Psychological Readiness for Journalism at the Initial Stage of Training
Author(s)
Veronica P. Dzvonik, Postgraduate Student, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4322-2442, Kemerovo State University, 6, Krasnaya St, Kemerovo, Russia, 650000, tel: +7 (3842) 583885, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Irina S. Morozova, Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Professor, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0862-7225, Director of the Institute of Education, Head of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Kemerovo State University
6 Krasnaya St, Kemerovo, Russia, 650000, tel: +7 (3842) 583885, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract. Introduction. The article examines the problems of psychological readiness for future professional activity as an integral education, the dynamic transformations of the content characteristics of which are carried out in the process of specially organized influence. By analyzing current research, we can conclude that there have been positive changes in the phenomenon under study at different university stages as a result of gaming technologies. These changes have given students a greater sense of self-awareness and have improved their ability to evaluate options carefully and effectively in order to accomplish goals.
Materials and Methods. The participants in the study were 82 first-year students of the journalism major at Kemerovo State University (Kemerovo), Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow), and Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad). As diagnostic tools, the questionnaires assessing the personal qualities required for carrying out journalistic activities were used: the “Motivation for Professional Activity” method by K. Zamfir, modified by A.A. Rean; the method for determining the level of emotional intelligence developed by N. Hall; and the “Professional Readiness” method by A.P. Chernyavskaya. The obtained data were analyzed using Statistica 10.0 software. To conduct the forming experiment, a desktop career guidance game “Game of Scoring” was developed, which incorporates elements of the test on the academic discipline “Television Technique and Technology” and game inserts of TV projects “The Weakest Link” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”.
Results. The analysis of approaches to the essence and structural components of psychological readiness for professional activity in psychology is presented: the specifics are described, the interpretations of researchers regarding the substantive characteristics of the components of readiness of future journalists are considered, and the possibilities of the impact of career guidance games on the substantive characteristics of readiness are determined. The overall findings of an experimental study on the application of gaming technologies to the process of developing students’ psychological readiness for journalism at the initial stage of training are presented.
Discussion and Conclusion. It is substantiated that the formation of psychological readiness in student journalists for future professional activities is ensured through the use of gaming technologies, the variability of the content and technological support of which is determined by the stage of mastering professional competencies and enriching the experience of practical activities of students at the initial stage of study at the university.
Keywords: professional activity, journalism, readiness for professional activity, career guidance game, psychological readiness, components of readiness, gaming technologies
For citation: Dzvonik V.P., Morozova I.S. Formation of Students’ Psychological Readiness for Journalism at the Initial Stage of Training. Pedagogicheskiy IMIDZH = Pedagogical IMAGE. 2024; 18 (2): pp. 228-240 (In Rus.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409-5052-2024-18-2-228-240
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409-5052-2024-18-2-228-240
UDС: 159.9
The article was submitted to the editorial office on 17.04.2024, approved after review on 06.05.2024, and accepted for publication on 10.05.2024.