Peculiarities of motivation for educational activity in the master's degree program
The article discusses the problem of motivation for student learning activities. Modern realities are such ones that a person needs to get education throughout his life, which in turn actualizes the problem of maintaining a high level of educational motivation. A theoretical analysis of the literature showed that the motivation of students' learning activities is interaction of two subsystems: external and internal motivation. The subsystem of the external motivation of educational activity is represented by motives that are not related to the desire for knowledge, self-development, competence, autonomy. It is heterogeneous education, consisting of the need to communicate with other people, in self-esteem, in respect and recognition by significant others, in avoiding troubles. The subsystem of the internal motivation of educational activity includes cognitive need, interest in the content of educational activity, the pleasure of learning, the need to create intelligent products, the desire to overcome difficulties of intellectual nature, a sense of one's own competence. Specialists in the field of educational psychology note that it is a subsystem of the internal motivation of learning, that determines the academic achievements of students, and is a predictor of psychological well-being, and has a significant impact on the effectiveness of the educational process. The main objective of the study was to study the dominant motives of educational activity among students studying in the second stage of higher education. An analysis of the results of an empirical study showed that the leading motives included in the structure of motivation for educational activity are professional motives, motives of creative self-realization, educational and cognitive. These motives are interdependent and interpenetrating in their development systems that give the educational activity a personal meaning. Based on the results of the study, recommendations were developed on maintaining and shaping the internal motivation of students' educational activities.