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ZABLOTSKA, IULIA
Post graduating student,
Department of Social Philosophy,
Philosophy of Education and Educational policy,
National Pedagogical Dragomanov University
(Kyiv, Ukraine) E-mail: yuliazablotskaya@gmail.com

LIFE STRATEGIES OF MODERN UKRAINIAN STUDENTS:
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND CLASSIFICATION
Life strategy in personal dimension could be identified as a complex phenomenon, which
includes main key dimensions and categories that characterize person’s life and behavior. Life
strategy is a way of life self-determining, self-establishing, self-expression and self-organizing as
well as the ability to bring living conditions according with personality own values and individual
uniqueness. The student life strategies directly connected with higher education. Author’s
sociological research (survey) examines the main features of life strategies of modern Ukrainian
students. In the article, the author's typology of the main types of life strategies of students is
proposed. The tipology reflects the crucial connection with the appropriate understanding of the
place and role of higher education: career-pragmatic (focus on success, career achievement),
universal education (set to general higher education and self-realization), and adaptive-conformist
(orientation to receive formal education, on the circle of interesting dialogue, etc.).
Key words: higher education, life strategy, student, values, motivation.
LIFE STRATEGIES OF MODERN UKRAINIAN STUDENTS:
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND CLASSIFICATION
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