Higher school of psychology

Professional Master Studies Programme in Psychology

Course title: Psychology of Professional development

Credit points: 6

Course compiled by: Dr. psych., prof. I. Plotka, Dr. hab. paed. and Dr. psych., prof. N. Prjažņikovs, Dr. psych., as.prof. L. Kaļiņņikova, maģ. psych., doc. L. Ābelīte

Assessment: graded test/exam
Course goals and objectives:

- to review the psychological regularities of personal growth within the frameworks of professional development;

- to introduce the master students to theoretical notions of the essence of professional development, factors and opportunities;

- to develop initial analytical skills to facilitate professional development of a client;

- to develop with the master students initial skills to facilitate their own professional development.
Course annotation:
The courses looks into the essence of professional development and personal growth, the main stages of those, internal and external factors contributing to the development. Special attention is paid to the crises in the development, changes in the system of professional values and notions.

Changes in the system of professional values and notions are considered as the core moment in the professional development.

Course description:

N.	Themes	Hours
		Total	Lectures	Seminars
1.	Professional development in the entire system of the personal growth.
1.1.	Professional activity as a prerequisite for professional development.	2	2
1.2.	« Professional development» in the system of neighboring psychological notions.	2	2
1.3.	Research methods for professional development.	2	1	1
2	Psychological peculiarities of age related to personal growth of a professional.
2.1.	System of division into periods for professional development.	1	1
2.2.	General psychological peculiarities in the stage of pre-professional development.	1	1
2.3.	General psychological peculiarities during the period of professional training.	1	1
2.4.	Psychological peculiarities of the period of professional adaptation.	1	1
2.5.	System of professional activity.	1	1
2.6.	Psychological peculiarities of starting in profession.	1	1
2.7.	Individual styles in professional activity	2	1	1
2.8.	Peculiarities of development of mastership, authority and division into periods for those.	1	1
2.9.	Acmeological approach to professional development. Problem of creative self-expression in profession.	2	1	1
2.10.	General psychological peculiarities of personal growth during the post-professional stage.	1	1
3.	Crises and crises situations in professional development.
3.1.	Crises in the process of professional formation.	2	2
3.2.	Possibilities of professional destruction and professional rehabilitation.	2	1	1
3.3.	Psychological peculiarities of professional stress and possibilities to prevent those.	2	1	1
3.4.	Personal growth of a professional faced the situation of “forced employment” (refugees, unemployed, former prisoners, disabled etc.).	2	2
3.5.	Erotic experiences in maturity as factors compensating for failures in professional self-realization.	2	2
3.6.	Personal growth during the time free from professional activity. Unemployment.	2	1	1
4.	Development of professional values and notions.
4.1.	Ethnical issues in professional personality development. Problem of “Market personality“.	2	1	1
4.2.	Theories of professional motivation-led developmental.	2	1	1
4.3.	Elitist orientation on professional development.	2	1	1
5.	Development of the personality a professional in various social and psychological conditions.
5.1.	Spontaneous growth of professional personality.	1	1
5.2.	System of professional training as a precondition of professional development.	1	1
5.3.	System of professional guidance as a system of self-determination and the precondition of further development.	2	1	1
5.4.	Psychological peculiarities of personality development in work setting in an organization or team of workers. Issues in team building.	2	2
5.5.	Psychological peculiarities of development of specialists of different professions.	2	1	1
5.6.	Psychological peculiarities of personal growth in creative setting of professional activity.	2	2
5.7.	Psychological peculiarities in development of personality of a psychologist.	2	1	1
	Total:	48	36	12

Requirements to earn 6 credit points :

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  Participation in seminars (70%);
  
• 
  Examination successfully passed (30%) .
  

Independent work of master students:

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  Work with study literature;
  
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  Preparation for and participation in seminars on the elected theme;
  

Literature:

Obligatory literature:

1. 
   Halta K. Veiksmīga karjera vai mobings – psiholoģiskais terors darbā / Konstance Halta no vācu val. tulk. Meldra Bērziņa. – Rīga : Jumava, 2003. – 202 lpp. 
   
2. 
   Svence Guna. Pieaugušo psiholoģija : personības brieduma perioda attīstības akcenti un profesionālā motivācija / Guna Svence. – Rīga : Raka, 2003. – 180 lpp. 
   
3. 
   Vorobjovs A. Sociālā psiholoģija. – Rīga: Izglitības soli, 2002. – 87-215 lpp.
   
4. 
   Eysenck Y & Eysenck M.W. Personality and individual differences: A natural science approach. – N.Y.; Plenum, 1985.
   
5. 
   Career Theory and Practice: Learning through Case Studies
   by Jane L. Swanson, Nadya A. Fouad ISBN: 076191143X.
   
6. 
   Career Counseling : A Psychological Approach (Jossey-Bass Higher Education Series) by Elizabeth B. Yost, ISBN: 1555424201.
   
7. 
   Career Counseling: Applied Concepts of Life Planning by Vernon G. Zunker ISBN: 0534367232.
   
8. 
   Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling by Richard S. Sharf ISBN: 0534367488.
   
9. 
   Career Counselor's Handbook (Bolles, Richard Nelson. Parachute Library.) by Richard N. Bolles, Howard Figler ISBN: 1580081576.
   
10. 
    Акмеология: Учебное пособие (Под ред. А.А.Деркача, В.Г.Зазыкина). – СПб.: Питер, 2003. – 256 с.
    
11. 
    Бодалев А.А., Рудкевич Л.А. Как становятся великими или выдающимися? – М.: Изд-во Института психотерапии, 2003. – 287 с.
    
12. 
    Ермолаева М.Г. Основы возрастной психологии и акмеологии. – М.: Изд-во «Ось-89», 2003. – 416 с.
    
13. 
    Зеер Э.Ф. Психология профессионального образования. – М.: МПСИ, 2003. – 480 с.
    
14. 
    Зинченко В.П., Моргунов Е.Б. Человек развивающийся. Очерки российской психологии. – М.: Тривола, 1994. – 304 с.
    
15. 
    Климов Е.А. Пути в профессионализм. – М.: МПСИ; Флинта, 2003. – 320 с.
    
16. 
    Ливехуд Б. Кризисы жизни – фазы жизни. – Калуга: «Духовное познание», 1994. Маркова А.К. Психология профессионализма. – М.: Знание, 1996. – 308 с.
    
17. 
    Пряжников Н.С., Пряжникова Е.Ю. Психология труда и человеческого достоинства. – М.: Академия, 2001. – 480 с.
    
18. 
    Пряжников Н.С., Пряжникова Е.Ю. Профориентация. – М.: Академия, 2005. – 496 с.
    

Further reading:

1. 
   Garleja Rasma. Darbs, organizācija un psiholoģija / Rasma Garleja. – Rīga: RaKa, 2003. – 200 lpp.
   
2. 
   Omārova Silva. Cilvēks dzīvo grupā: sociālā psiholoģija / S.Omārova. – Rīga : Kamene, 2002. – 234 lpp. 
   
3. 
   Ražošanas pamati. Profesijas izvēle. Mācību līdzeklis. Rīga, 1989.
   
4. 
   Veido savu karjeru pats! Grāmata patstāvīgai profesijas izvēlei. Profesionālās karjeras izvēles centrs. 2000.
   
5. 
   Haslam S. Aleksander. Psychology in organizations : the social identity approach / S. Aleksander Haslam. – 2nd ed. – London : Sage Publications, 2004. – xxvi, 306 p.
   
6. 
   Larsen Randy J. Personality Psychology : domains of knowledge about human nature / Randy J.Larsen, David M.Buss. – Boston : McGraw Hill, 2002. – 665 p. 
   
7. 
   Walter M. Introduction to Personality / Walter Mischel. – New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1993. – 627 p. 
   
8. 
   Watson Tony J. Sociology, work and industry / Tony J. Watson. – 4th ed. – London : New York, Routledge. – xiv, 310 p.
   
9. 
   Акмеология. Учебник (Под общ.ред. А.А.Деркача). – М.: Изд-во РАГС, 2002.- 650 с.
   
10. 
    Вачков И.В., Гриншпун И.Б., Пряжников Н.С. Введение в профессию «психолог». – М.: МПСИ, 2002. – 464 с.
    
11. 
    Леонова А.Б., Чернышева О.Н. Психология труда и организационная психология: современное состояние и перспективы. Хрестоматия. – М.: Родикс, 1995. – 448 с.
    
12. 
    Пряжников Н.С. Методы активизации профессионального и личностного самоопределения. – М.: МПСИ, 2002. – 400 с.
    
13. 
    Пряжников Н.С. Психологический смысл труда. – М.: МПСИ, 2004.
    
14. 
    Психология среднего возраста, старения, смерти (Под ред. А.А.Реана). – СПб.: «Прайм-ЕВРОЗНАК», 2003. – 364 с.
    
15. 
    Рогов Е.И. Выбор профессии. Становление профессионала. – М.: ВЛАДОС-ПРЕСС, 2003. – 336 с.
    
16. 
    Турчинов А.И. Профессиoнализация и кадровая политика: проблемы развития теории и практики. – М.: МПСИ; Флинта, 1998. – 272 с.
    
17. 
    Фирсов М.В. Введение в специальность и основы профессиональной этики социального работника. – М.: Изд-во Международной педагогической академии, 1993.
    
18. 
    www.flogiston.ru
    
19. 
    www.azps.ru
    
20. 
    www.childpsy.ru
    
21. 
    www.voppsy.ru
    

Recommended periodicals:

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  British Journal of Social Psychology.
  
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  Current Research in Social Psychology.
  
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  Journal of Personality & Social Psychology.
  
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  Psychological Review.
  
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  Психологический журнал.
  
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  Вестник МГУ.
  

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