Meshkova L.I. Transformation of socialization process. Making decisions on educational and career path. Theory and practice of social development, 2017, №1. 36-42 pp. Meshkova L.I. Transformation of socialization process. Making decisions on educational and career path. Theory and practice of social development, 2017, №1. 36-42 pp. ISSN 1815-4964Posted on site: 27.03.17Текст статьи.AbstractThe article discusses resources of sociological theories in the study of the transformation of modern agents of socialization and expected impact of these changes on the creation of an individual choice of educational and career path. The author analyses various aspects of the subject matter and the possibility of interpreting the data in the framework of the basic sociological approaches developed at the late XIX– early XX centuries. Empirical examples as possible demonstration of the theories operation are provided. It is concluded that there is need for a comprehensive conceptual framework of research taking into account peculiarities of the modern process of socialization and its possible impact on the career choice made by a teenager.