Motivational readiness of natural science students for professional activity
The article shows that motivational readiness for professional activity is a complex psychological structure that is formed over a long time, is initially formed within the educational motives of schoolchildren and is completed by the end of training in a professional educational institution. The formed motivational readiness for professional activity is not only an important condition for the successful adaptation of a young specialist to the work environment, the qualitative fulfillment of his work duties, his professional growth, but also determines whether a graduate will work in the chosen specialty or not. Therefore, conditions for its formation and development should be created in the educational institution. At the next stages of the study of the motivational readiness of natural science students for professional activity, its components and levels, criteria of formation will be analyzed in detail, and a pedagogical model aimed at the formation and development of the motivational readiness of natural science students for professional activity, first of all, such important skills as awareness, responsibility, the ability of public speaking, business communication will also be developed, teamwork, organization of activities.