MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS FOR THE PEDAGOGICAL WORKERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEED FORMATION IN THE SYSTEM OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

Abstract

The article contains the grounding of the actual pedagogical staff professional development process in the context of transformational changes relevant to the educational sector in general, and the New Ukrainian School Concept implementation, in particular, the priority of the motivational and needs’ component in the above-specified process, regarding the individual activity motif and needs correlation based on the outlined scientific positions.
The author presents her interpretation of the concept core "motivational factor" as a source of influence on the process of "arousal" in the mind of the teacher of certain moral ideas or images that are embodied in activities aimed at satisfying his need for professional development. External and internal motivational factors are identified and substantiated depending on the nature of the influence. The first group includes the factors that determine the conditions, goals and content of the activities carried out in this area, which objectively influence the emergence of relevant motives. The second group is represented by internal motivational factors that directly affect the balance between the employee’s actions and the reasons that cause and explain them, ultimately leading to the individual’s activity to meet the need for professional development. The author refers to the objective factors as productive, incentives and motivations. The group of subjective motivational factors touches upon professional ambitions, degree of aspirations, level of activity, and nature of expectations.
As it has been proven, motivational factors - external (objective) and internal (subjective), being considered and used in practice, allow managers at educational institutions not only for constructively influence the process of professional teachers' development but also to contribute to their general motivational competence formation necessary for the increase of the professional activity efficiency.