The authors of the article set a goal – to consider the methodological aspect of mentoring in education. The focus of their attention is the extremely wide coverage of the field of mentoring. A methodologically sound view on the tasks of mentoring, types, forms and methods of mentoring is proposed; the functions and competencies of the mentor in education, his personal qualities. Approaches to determining the results and criteria for evaluating the activities of mentors are proposed; the conditions for the effective functioning of mentoring and the risks of largescale introduction of mentoring in social and educational practice are defined.

The article substantiates the need to prepare students for self-determination in a dynamically changing world of work and professions. The project «Regional Atlas of Perspective Competencies» being developed in the Irkutsk Region is presented, which implies that students are introduced to new professional competencies and advanced technologies in the course of career guidance.

The article is devoted to the problem of the values of modern Russian vocational education. The authors focus on the contradiction between the organizational and economic nature of the education reform process and the motivational readiness of the participants in the educational process to accept and use the results of the reforms. The article proposes the main dichotomous pairs of values-goals and values-means, which are of fundamental importance for vocational education. Studying and accounting for the diversity of people’s expectations from vocational education is considered as one of the primary tasks of its theory and practice.

The article is devoted to the professional self-determination of young people and its pedagogical support in the post-industrial world and the related need for new approaches to them. The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of some of these approaches, which have already manifested themselves in the modern educational and careeroriented reality. The assessment of their prospects in the transition to a post-industrial society is given.

Article is devoted to the problem of regional development VET programs quality as the tool of strategic management. The article presents the results of comparative analysis of socio-economic development strategies and programs for the development of VET in eleven territories of the Russian Federation belonging to different districts and having different socio-economic conditions of development. Possible ways to improve the VET system management at the regional level are proposed

The article tells about the experience of creating an innovative project of vocational guidance in College. Presents the interim results of the implementation of its preparatory phase.

The article discusses the features of the process of becoming a specialist in social work in the context of professional and personal development. Special attention is paid to the necessity of forming of future specialists of willingness and ability to carry out a successful career with effective communication with persons who are in difficult life situation.

В статье представлен авторский взгляд на проблему формирования социальной компетентности в условиях изменений, происходящих в обществе; описан практикум «Учебная фирма», направленный на формирование социальной компетентности; обозначены направления дальнейших исследований

В статье рассматриваются технологии профессионального обучения и проблема их выбора в современных условиях, представлена структура педагогической технологии и введено авторское понятие технологии профессионального обучения

В статье представлен критический анализ современной российской практики организации профессиональных проб для школьников. Показано, что при организации цикла профессиональных проб нужно учитывать особенности целеполагания процесса сопровождения профессионального самоопределения, отличающие его от процессов обучения и воспитания

В статье представлена «Концепция формирования образовательной траектории — образование через всю жизнь», выделены ведущие принципы ее построения. Описан комплекс факторов и характеристики личности, определяющие выбор и построение индивидуальной образовательной траектории.

В статье представлена технология определения эффективности использования имитационных методов обучения в подготовке специалиста среднего звена с расчетом обобщенного показателя качества его подготовки.