PERSONAL POTENTIAL AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL PROBLEM

Abstract

The article highlights the interpretations of the multifaceted concept of “personal potential” available in the modern scientific and pedagogical discourse. It is noted that the concept of “personal potential” primarily characterizes the internal physical and spiritual energy of a person, its active nature, focus on creative self-expression and self-realization. It is asserted that the basis of key approaches to determining personal potential lies in the understanding of the problem of personality, the development of which, starting from the last century, is being conducted until now in both Ukrainian and foreign scientific circles. The broad interpretation of the key word “potential” in the concept of “personal potential” is based on its consideration as a source and measure of a person’s capabilities and resources exploited to achieve a certain goal. Personal potential is made up of aptitudes, inclinations, interests, the desire to create something new, the manifestation of general intelligence, perseverance, purposefulness, determination, hard work, and the ability to develop personal strategies. It is emphasized that the potential should be considered in relation to the activity and interpreted not as a state of temporarily unused resources, but as an ever-increasing readiness to solve increasingly complex tasks that may arise before the individual. Personal potential is always a plane of personal growth with opportunities for self-actualization and self-improvement of the individual. The fenimenon under study is a dynamic, integrative quality of a person that characterizes the extent of his capabilities and resources for effective life activities, determines his readiness and ability for self-realization and self-improvement. Such types of human potential are outlined, such as: epistemological, axiological, creative, communicative, professional, spiritual potentials.