The article describes the interpretation of pedagogical axiology in the context of humanitarian vocational education as a modern scientific direction of search of civilization guidelines for the professional development of a specialist. It is elucidated in the course of the characteristics of pedagogical axiology as a science of values, the notion of value orientations, their structure and classification, the possible ways of developing the personality axiom in humanitarian vocational education, which, from the axiological point of view, within the framework of the system methodology of education are regarded as multilevel space, one of the defining factors of a society that plays an active social and value role, and within the framework of the post-classical scientific paradigm - persistently actualises the axiological aspects of human existence (in general human and professional values and relevant value orientations and ideals). Ukrainian scholars (teachers, psychologists, philosophers, sociologists, lawyers) pay particular attention to: the study of the value paradigms of vocational education in the contexts of European integration, the freedom to choose the systemic vision of the totality of humanitarian educational values. They comprehended the value potential and processes of changing the paradigms of modern Ukrainian education through the study of the values of sustainable human development; it is proved that the development of education is a linear progressive process of movement towards cross-cutting educational invariants - samples, models, images, installations, etc., a special place among which occupy original spiritual values of Ukrainian culture; the need for axiological corrections in the management of education as a social institution was explained, which led to the consideration of the axiological paradigm in ontological genesis and polyparadigmal discourse; The necessity and indispensability of the philosophical speculation in education - the understanding of the existence of the individual as a unique system, in which the variability of the educational environment allows us to use the whole set of appropriate techniques from the adaptive to the semantic and intellectual styles, to synthesize new knowledge, to realize the benefits of mental-personal potential and learn to build a dialogue with others. By combining the views of thinkers on the phenomenon of spirituality as the cultural value of the individual, value-oriented education develops those properties of the individual that allow him to be the creator of his life, correctly understand and transform the surrounding reality, actualizes the value basis, respectively, self-determination of the individual, the construction of his inner world , cultural space, the choice of values, goals, meanings, development of spiritual needs in cognition, self-knowledge, reflection is carried out.