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 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.

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

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

Одним из самых перспективных и эффективных инновационных методов подготовки квалифицированных рабочих, а также повышения безопасности процесса профессионального обучения в сфере промышленного производства является использование в образовательном процессе виртуального учебного тренажера.