Assessing master-degree students personal readiness for research activities and occupational work

Abstract

The paper aims to present the results of the survey focused on the assessment of personal readiness of master-degree students majoring in humanities and social sciences for research activities and occupational work. The experiment involved 300 master-degree students who were suggested to fill in 2 questionnaires aiming to reveal their personal readiness for work and research activities. According to the research outcomes, most of the respondents consider themselves to be ready for work in the field of their degree but their answers to other questions of the research questionnaire contradict with this statement. Most of the surveyed have chosen their profession not for their own will but upon their parents‘ recommendations. The majority of them are ready to change their job in the field of their degree for another one which is more prestigious and profitable. The master-degree students do not participate in domestic or international conferences, do not want to and do not plan to be engaged into research activities after graduation. Besides, the research results have shown that most of them have a low level of the English language, which is also considered to be a great problem under modern conditions in Ukraine. It can be concluded that modern higher education is faced with the problem of master-degree students‘ unawareness of the significance of professional development and socialization.