Сontemporary concepts of high school students on professional patriotism

The article examines scientific approaches to understanding professional patriotism, provides a retrospective of the ideas of its formation among schoolchildren, analyzes some pedagogical research in the field of youth education with the formation of their professional values. The article emphasizes that the phenomenon of professional patriotism of schoolchildren should be considered as a synergy of two processes – career guidance and education of patriotism. The article describes a set of studies and dissertations aimed at revealing the features and effects of the formation of professional patriotism in schoolchildren. To experimentally substantiate the phenomenon of "professional patriotism" among 11th grade students, an essay on the topic "Professional Patriotism: How I Understand It" was conducted, and the results were summarized in the form of the need to form it among schoolchildren in modern conditions.