Keyword: «learning motivation»

The paper studies the problem of learning motivation in younger schoolchildren; the results of research at the level of educational motivation of younger schoolboys on the recommendation of this paper is made up of primary school teachers psychological and special education educational motivation of younger schoolboys.

This article deals with the problem of the relationship of cognitive abilities with the psychological adaptation of younger students to school. We studied the dynamics of the development of cognitive abilities, learning motivation and psychological adaptation of junior pupils. The interrelation of cognitive abilities with the psychological adaptation of junior pupils was revealed. The author deals with the issues of practical implementation of the correctional- developmental direction, which was carried out in educational activities (problem and integrated lessons, timed projects using the elements of the game activity) and in extracurricular developmental activities, which are a logical continuation of the activity.

The article presents a new approach to the consideration of extracurricular motivation, as part of the motivational activity of the individual. Indicators, motivations, factors of educational and outside educational motivation are revealed. Conclusions are made about the regularities of the causes of sustainable motivation and productive intrinsic motivation.

one of the tasks of modern education is the formation of a personality capable of finding solutions in the modern world with its challenges to «uncertainty, complexity and diversity of a changing world, without losing the human in man”» (A.G. Asmolov). The attention of universities should be directed not only to the formation of practical professional skills, but also to the formation of so-called «soft skills», i.e. human competencies that allow him to effectively adapt to changes and interact with people in the process of his professional activities. Significant «soft skills» are communicative competences, such as the ability to speak in public, the ability to listen to the interlocutor, the ability to negotiate, the ability to adequately express one's intentions in speech. Speech disciplines such as «Culture of Speech», «Rhetoric», etc., are aimed at their formation, which makes them increasingly important in modern university education.

The article analyzes the results of an empirical study of the characteristics of the motivation for studying at a university for students of different profiles. The results obtained by the author indicate that the actual educational motives (cognition, mastery of the profession) do not always come to the fore, which can complicate the educational and professional activities of students and their subsequent entry into labor activity.