PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS: MOTIVATION TO LEARN
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, MARUSHKEVYCH Alla 
Published: January 2025

Background. The article focuses on the motivation of students of higher education institutions in the context of Ukraine's
integration into the European Union and the importance of their quality professional training aimed at further employment and career growth. The problem of professional self-determination and self-realisation is emphasised. Some directions of research of the stated problem by well-known domestic scientists are revealed. The concepts of "motivation", "learning", the importance of introducing creative tasks into the learning process to ensure a high level of student motivation are substantiated. The factors of development of students' motivation to learn, including interests, values, needs, abilities, character, self-esteem and others, are indicated. Attention is drawn to the nature of the connection between students' motivation to learn and the motivation of future professional activity, life goals, and prospects. Attention is focused on the external and internal motivation of learning, the motivation of self-affirmation, avoidance of failure, the dependence of personality on communication with people, personal activity, etc. The individual style of the student's educational and professional activity is named as a factor of student success. It is proved that the vision of the future is an important characteristic of the individuality of the personality, which determines the process of self-development and self-realisation.
The role of pedagogical practice for activating students' professional self-determination and the importance of providing higher education institutions with opportunities for their active involvement in professional activities, development of their professionally important qualities and values are indicated. The importance of developing students' individual style of organising independent work is proved. The experience of introducing educational testing to improve the objectivity of assessing the level of knowledge and skills of students is described. The article highlights the issues of ensuring professional motivation of students to study by teachers of higher education institutions, including creative attitude to teaching their disciplines, interest in science, competence and authority, systematic diagnostics of real motives of students' learning; stimulation of their self-education, maintaining cognitive interest in everything related to future professional activities.
Results. In order to improve the quality of learning in modern conditions, it is necessary to: strengthen its motivation,
establishing a link between the acquisition of knowledge, enrichment of experience, requirements and functions of future
professional activity; take into account the interests, needs, abilities, character, self-esteem of higher education students; use the possibilities of pedagogical practice, independent work, control over the acquisition of knowledge, development of skills, etc.
Conclusions. Increasing the professional motivation of students' learning should be achieved through the influence of
the competence and authority of higher education teachers, maintaining their cognitive interest in everything related to future professional activities, active communication of participants in the educational process, systematic diagnosis of real motives for students' learning; stimulating their self-education, etc.