LEARNING MOTIVATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

Problem statement. Motivation is one of the fundamental problems of both domestic and foreign psychology. Motivation is understood as a source of human activity and at the same time as a system of instigators of any activity. Educational activity is always polymotivated. Educational motivation is determined by a number of factors specific to this particular activity: the nature of the educational system; the organization of the pedagogical process in an educational institution; the characteristics of the student himself (gender, age, level of intellectual development and abilities, level of aspirations, self-esteem, nature of interaction with other students); the personal characteristics of the teacher and, above all, the system of his relations to the student, to pedagogical activity; the specificity of the educational subject. Most often, the motives of educational activity appear in a complex interweaving and interconnections. Therefore, the teacher is faced with the task of determining the dominant motive of the student's educational motivation, as well as analyzing all the motives that we can influence. The article analyzes the psychological and pedagogical conditions for the formation of motivation for educational activity and pedagogical techniques that contribute to the development of the motivational sphere of a modern student. Conclusions. The student's cognitive motivation is not so much a manifestation of a personal trait as a reflection of the given conditions of activity, didactic influence. There is a fundamental possibility of purposeful development of the subject's educational motivation. The authors propose to use such forms of positive reinforcement as approval of the results of the student's work, increasing the rating of the student's activity and his own thoughts. Motivational switching helps to form interest in the academic discipline if the teacher can connect its content with personally significant subjects or processes for the student. Motives become the main lever for increasing the effectiveness of educational activity. The formation of professional motivation (the desire to acquire knowledge and skills necessary for further work) ensures the student's long-term activity in independent work. And the development of the student's internal educational motivation in modern conditions is determined as a priority in the constructive part of the teacher's activity.