“MOTIVATION” AND “MOTIVE” AS A MEANS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVIZATION OF PUPILS

Abstract

The paper considers origin, development and current state of one of the significant concepts in psychology – pupils’ motivation to study. The sphere of motivation is dynamic and subject to changes. Motivation as a considered process can be sed in order to behavioral self-regulation via certain motives, transformation of their hierarchy, application of optional motives, and in view of behavior. Problems of motivation study constitute a research sphere comprising activation, stimulating, regulation, and realization of urges. Introduction. Contemporary realia, via total spread of information technologies in all spheres of life in particular and the influence of Internet resources, social networks and blogs on the formation of consciousness of a young person have a negative impact on learning motivation. Pupils of elementary and middle school are especially low motivated. The problem has become significant as far as the initial stage of education is responsible for the original attitude towards learning, knowledge acquisition, self-study and material search. Unfortunately, schoolchildren lose motivation to studying within a short period. The research objectives: to single out and systematize the historic background of the concepts’ “motive” and “motivation” definitions, to present the scholarly approaches evolution considering psychological and pedagogical surrounding and educational tools of motivation formation. Results. The paper presents the analytical survey of different psychological scholarly trends and approaches involved in the research of motivation in education and society. It interprets the contemporary directions of theoretical and practical experience in the field as well as the results.