SYSTEM WARTOŚCI MŁODZIEŻY ŚREDNICH SZKÓŁ ZAWODOWYCH. WARTOŚĆ PRACY

The article deals with issues related to values in human life. Especially it concerns the consideration of the value system of youth from vocational schools. The central issue was the inclusion of professional work as a value in human life. The aim of the work was to determine the youth value system and to get to know the opinions and views of high school students referring to work-related values. The theoretical part presents the aspects related to the terminology concerning the topic, the values of the work of the younger and older generation, and the determination of the place of work in the hierarchy of individual values. The research part is an analysis of elements of the value system (related to work) of the studied students of secondary vocational schools and their parents. Quantitative research was carried out in the First High School for them. Mikołaj Rej in Jędrzejów and the High School Complex No. 2 for them gen. Stefano Rowecki "Grot" in Jędrzejów. The specifics of the recognition of values by young people learning in various types of upper secondary schools is included - high school, technical school, vocational school. The values of students and their parents were characterized and the integrity of the hierarchy of values of both generations was described.