INVOLVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF OVERCOMING THEIR LACK OF PROFESSIONAL MOTIVATION

Abstract

Problems characteristic of the higher education system, resulting in lower professional motivation, are identified. It is noted that the motivational sphere of the student is characterized not only by the development of cognitive motives, but also by the search for personal meanings of professional activity. The problem of supporting students in understanding the need to develop personal qualities that characterize the formation of professional motivation is updated. The aim is to find pedagogical means to overcome the lack of professional motivation, to form professional-significant qualities of students by involving them in volunteering practices. An analysis of scientific literature is being carried out, which shows the attention of researchers to this problem. On the basis of the given analysis the substantiation of possibility of influence of various forms of extra-curricular activity on formation of professional motivation is resulted. Special attention is paid to research on the impact of volunteering practices on the motivational sphere of students’ professional qualities. A.N. Leontiev’s ideas of the theory of motives in human activity are put forward as a methodological basis. The idea of the importance of professional motivation for the development of such personal qualities as professional orientation, responsibility and discipline is promoted. Scientific novelty is determined by substantiation of purposefulness of influence of volunteering practices on overcoming of insufficient professional motivation and development of professional-significant qualities of students. The signs and advantages of this form of extra-curricular activity, its purpose and directions of realization are revealed. The identification of conditions for students’ involvement in this type of activity is considered as practical significance.