Образ человека будущего, Том 7 (СИ)

The origin of this study is the author"s metaphysic wonder of calling. Wherefrom comes the call we do not know exactly for sometimes it is from outside and sometimes it is intrinsic or both directions are present in our consciousness. Still we live in a responsive way and the most important is how we respond. There is a kind of hermeneutics behind every philosophic question and a big deal for ethics concerning many human deeds. Although we cannot know exactly the principal things in our life, we need to understand them.

As for our research, hermeneutic phenomenology is a method and a strategy of thinking. The way we have got the experience of calling revealed is in-depth interviewing. When con-ducting an interview we are asking, hearing and speaking to our interviewee. We reconstruct and repeat what we have got from our interlocutor to bring the phenomenon of calling into the light of understanding. The in-depth interviews were preceded by target surveys to get some statistics about the factors of choosing future professions and about the share of those who declare having the experience of calling. That gives a piece of solid social reality for the represented phenomenon.

There were conducted 2 target surveys in Kyiv, Ukraine in April and May 2016. The first was of 105 pupils of the 10th year of study from 2 Kyiv secondary schools. The second was of 90 students from National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, 10 of them were subsequently chosen to be the participants of the following in-depth interviews. In August 2016 were done 5 interviews with Kyiv school teachers chosen according to the references of their colleagues and pupil"s parents. All the process of interviews was agreed with faculty and administrations except teachers who were asked in private.

The results of the surveys

Secondary school pupils

At present, there is an 11-year secondary school education system in Ukraine. We held a poll of the 10th form pupils just in the end of the school year. Before the last year at school, they were ready to speak about their future. The respondents answered whether they have cho-sen their profession, what is the role of their relatives in their choice, what are their motives, do they feel a call for any kind of work, and is it at all necessary for a profession to coincide with a personal calling.

General ideas of secondary school pupils about their future professions:

1. At least 90% of pupils of the capital city of Ukraine are going to get their future profes-sions at the universities and colleges.

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2. At least 50% of them before their last year at school have decided what profession they would like to get.

3. 30% of all respondents are going to choose the professions of their parents or close relatives.

Motivation for the professional choice:

1. 70% of respondents are motivated by monetary gain of their future profession.

2. Almost the same, up to 70%, are looking for their personal development in the profes-

sion.

3. 30% of pupils think about social prestige of the profession.

4. The same quantity, 30%, thinks that their future work should give them the convenient surrounding of alike-minded people.

5. 30% declared that the main thing for them is a sphere or content of their job.

6. About 30-35% said that they want to serve society or some good purpose in the world.

Personal experience of calling:

1. 33% of pupils declared that they feel a calling for their future profession or for some other kind of occupation in their life.

2. 54% were not sure about what is their calling.

3. 13% answered that they have no feeling or understanding of calling at all.

Attitudes towards calling and professions:

1. At least 50% of respondents said that it is important to choose a profession according to one"s calling.

2. However, 45% said that calling and profession should not necessary coincide.

3. 5% were not able to give their opinion about it.

The results show that every third of 16-17 years old school youth in Ukraine knows what his or her calling is. Not less than 50% of them declare that calling is a base for their future pro-fession choice. 30-35% of respondents have rather altruistic or moral intention for goodness when think of their future occupation. Overall, calling is a relevant idea for Ukrainian youth.

University students

90 students of a National Pedagogical Dragomanov University in Ukraine were polled during April and May 2016. The students were asked if they have plans to go for teaching profession after the university, do they have relatives who are teachers or educators, is it their first profession, what are their motives of choosing their present place of study, what are their internal and external reasons to became teachers, do they feel a calling for the teaching work, is it at all necessary for a profession to coincide with a personal calling.