Academic motivation of students in the period of digital transformation of the educational environment

Abstract

The article presents the results of an empirical study of students of one of the leading financial and economic universities in the country, the main goal of which was to identify the features of motivation for educational activities in the higher education system based on an assessment of a number of psychological variables associated with motivation. At the same time, the authors used a number of psychological diagnostic techniques developed by experts in previous studies: life satisfaction, resilience, etc. The central place in the study is to identify the direction of academic motivation: internal, external and motivation in accordance with the theory of self-determination, which is widespread in modern psychological science personalities of E. Desi and R. Ryan. The study-involved students of various courses and areas of training for bachelor’s and master’s degrees, full-time and part-time studies, as well as those receiving higher education on a budgetary and paid basis. The recommendations developed by the authors to increase the level of motivation of students with low indicators of intrinsic motivation for educational activity are given.