MOTIVATIONAL SPHERE DYNAMICS IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE TEACHERS
This article focuses on the research of motivational sphere in the group of future preschool teachers. The data for this study were collected using questionnaire for the diagnosis of student’s individuality spheres (the author - T. Grebenyuk). Sixty-three students of the program Pedagogy and Psychology of Preschool Education (1-4 year) were recruited for this study. Obtained results show the following. First, the needfor self-development is the most developed and expressed in the motivational sphere of future preschool teachers. Second, the structure of the students' motivational sphere changes significantly from the first to the fourth year. The first-year students focus, first of all, on success achievement and professional competencies development. In the group of the second-year students, the communication need joins the main needs (success achievement and professional competencies development). From the third year of the professional training, the motivational sphere changes: the needfor self-development and self-education become the most important. The motivational sphere of the fourth-year students become integral. Finally, need for interaction (cooperation) is reduced from the first to the fourth year. The results obtained in the study are important for the professional training for preschool teachers.