Motivation of Students to the Professional Pedagogical Activities

Abstract

The article outlines the essence of motivational readiness of future teachers for professional activity, stability of motivation and orientation to the pedagogical profession. The author describes three groups of motives and leading factors in professional orientation. The results of the experimental study of the level of students' motivation readiness for future pedagogical activity using the method of studying the direction of B. Bass and the adapted variant of the method of diagnostics of the person for motivation to the success of T. Ehlers are presented. According to the research, over 73% of the respondents in the control groups and 75.2% in the experimental groups showed a low and medium level of motivation readiness for pedagogical activity (only about 5% of the students showed a high level according to the studied indicators). It is proved that traditional approaches to professional training of teachers do not provide the proper level of formation of the personality orientation of the future specialist on the pedagogical activity, and, therefore, on the formation of their readiness to this activity. The expediency of introducing corresponding corrections into the content and procedural component of the teacher training, the need of development and introduction of new approaches in the educational process of higher education is substantiated.