Abstract
The article discusses the psychological aspects of the formation of professional motivation of students of pedagogical specialties, and also presents the results of an experimental study of the structure of motivation of university students. Modern requirements for the training of future specialists pose challenges to the university of the formation of professional commitment and motivation of students. A modern graduate who has mastered a particular pedagogical specialty should have such characteristics as high motivation in future pedagogical activity, mobility, purposefulness and competitiveness in the educational sphere. Therefore, it is necessary to create psychological and pedagogical conditions for the organization of the formation and development of professional motivation, contributing to the desire of students for self-realization in professional activities. The formed professional motivation of students of pedagogical specialties contributes to the formation of a competent, mobile, responsible future school teacher with a stable system of spiritual and moral values. The formation of professional motivation of students of pedagogical specialties is a psychological and pedagogical process that requires special, scientifically based methods of diagnosis, analysis and development. Therefore, one of the most urgent today is the problem of the formation of professional motivation of students. By professional motivation we mean a set of factors and processes that encourage and guide an individual to study future professional activity. Effective development of professional education of a person is possible only with a high level of formation of professional motivation, which is an internal determinant of the development of professional competence. Key words: university students, pedagogical specialty, professional motivation, self-organization, psychological and pedagogical conditions, model, motivation structure.