THEORETICAL APPROACHES OF SCIENTISTS TO THE PROBLEM OF THE VALUE-SENSE SPHERE OF SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL WORKERS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The article deals with the concept of «value-sense sphere» of scientific and pedagogical workers. The theoretical analysis of the concepts of «value» and «meaning», approaches of foreign and domestic scientists, philosophers and psychologists to their definition is carried out. The relationship between the definitions of "value" and «meaning», scientific positions on their correlation are considered. It is established that modern studies of the relationship between «values» and «meanings» indicate their interdependence – they are revealed in the concept of the value-sense sphere of personality, which affects the level of personality development of a scientific and pedagogical worker. The structure of the value-semantic sphere of personality is analysed, which is considered as an element in the personality system, making its behaviour stable and facilitating adaptation to changes in life. The modern approaches to the concept of value orientations are considered, which reveal the meaningful side of the orientation of the personality of scientific and pedagogical workers, help to self-determine and realise themselves in the profession.