MOTIVATION FOR TEACHING ADOLESCENTS IN DIFFICULT LIFE SITUATIONS AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL PROBLEM

Abstract

The article reviews a problem of motivation to study among adolescents in difficult life situations. It is noted that mental retardation, family problems, deviant behavior, distractions, monotony of the learning process, negative attitude towards school and teachers, low level of development of personal qualities, etc. contribute to a decrease in educational motivation. Analysis of the research data revealed the level of disadvantage, the emergence and development of deviant behavior. The need for a set of corrective measures aimed at increasing the learning motivation of adolescents is substantiated. In addition, the article talks about the feasibility of introducing psychological prevention. Prevention includes: work with adolescents with reduced and low levels of motivation to learn, work with parents and work with teachers. The set of measures for work with difficult teenagers includes psychological methods and techniques such as games, group discussion, work in small groups, various kinds of therapy (art therapy, music therapy, etc.), role-playing games, psychogymnastics. Also, the list of measures of psychological and pedagogical correction of teenagers must include conversations on moral education, actualization of sources of moral experience, the introduction of moral criteria in the evaluation of all activities. These corrective measures will allow forming in the teenager a sense of responsibility for himself, the mechanism of adequate self-esteem, adaptation of teenagers to society, socialization skills.