Tolerance to uncertainty as a predictor of students' readiness for digitalization of education
The transitional periods of the development of society increase the uncertainty in various areas of life, therefore, one of the components of successful adaptation to a changing environment is the willingness and ability of a person to accept changes and change himself. One of the rapidly changing areas of modern man’s life is the education system, which is included in the global digitalization process. Despite a lot of research and publications on the subject under discussion, the question of the psychological readiness and motivation of university students to the ongoing changes remains poorly understood. The article presents a study of the motivational component of students' readiness with a different level of tolerance to uncertainty about learning in an electronic information and educational environment. Empirically studied socio-psychological attitudes in the motivational-need sphere, achievement motivation, readiness for innovative activity, experience in activity and rigidity of 2-3 year students with different levels of tolerance to uncertainty. It is shown that students with a high level of tolerance to uncertainty are mainly focused on the process of activity, altruism in relation to other people, freedom and power. They are characterized by high initiative and readiness for innovation. Based on the statistical analysis, it was concluded that the students with the highest and average levels of tolerance for uncertainty are distinguished to the greatest extent by the considered indicators; to a lesser extent, differences were found for groups of students with high and low, with medium and low tolerance for uncertainty. Tolerance to uncertainty is statistically significantly interconnected with readiness for innovative activity, rigidity and orientation to power; interconnection with achievement motivation and experience experiences has not been identified.