FACTORS AND TECHNIQUES FOR FORMING LEARNING MOTIVATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN HISTORY CLASSES

Abstract

. The paper analyzes a problem of forming educational motivation of first-year students at the Faculty of Continuing Education of the Russian State University of Justice based on an analysis of the factors of educational activity influencing this process. The scientific literature is reviewed and the content of history teachers’ methods of activity to form a positive structure of students’ educational motivation is revealed. Particular emphasis is placed on describing the techniques used by teachers for each of the factors in the formation of students’ educational motivation, namely: the content and organization of educational activities; use of appropriate forms of collective learning activities; style of teaching activity of the teacher; assessment and control of educational activities. The need for targeted, systematic pedagogical work on the formation of a positive structure of students’ learning motives in history classes is shown, including, in particular, a methodology for studying the structure of learning motivation of first-year students of the Federal National Educational Institution RGUP and the integrated use of didactic and socio-psychological techniques. The article addresses teachers and specialists seeking for ways to increase the effectiveness of their pedagogical work with students in developing their educational motivation.