Abstract
This article considers the problems and prospects of the influence of modern directions of project activities on motivation and personal development. The purpose of the research is aimed at establishing the influence of project activities on the motivation of secondary school students and their personal development, in the conditions of modern education. In the course of literature analysis, modern factors contributing to the effective implementation of project work in the educational process for the development of motivation and personal development of students were established. Since the level of development of motivation and personal development of 10th grade students was at an average level. Practical activities based on project work were developed and tested, taking into account modern requirements. Project activities are integrated directly into the lessons of the 10th grade in the volume of several subjects in order to comprehensively promote the development of motivation and personal qualities in students. Their effectiveness was confirmed by the evaluation of the learning motivation of EG high school students, which at the final stage showed a significant improvement in the indicators of intrinsic motivation and a decrease in external negative factors. Project activities had a significant impact on the development of personal development, as all indicators in the experimental group also improved: Self-esteem, Self-acceptance and the Image of "Self".