EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF TEACHERS MOTIVATION IN CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECT WITHIN KAZAKHSTANI HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND EXPATS

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of motivation of teachers of higher educational institutions - Kazakhstani citizens and expats, invited to highly rated universities. During the research, it was proceeded from the understanding that at the present stage of development and reform of the education system, the problem of studying and forming professional motivation among teachers, which has not been studied before and is the new for the psychological and pedagogical theory, acquires significant relevance. The motivation of teachers of higher schools is very specific, since their work combines teaching, scientific, methodological, educational and organizational functions. Therefore, the work of a teacher of a higher school can be characterized as labor of high complexity, which necessitates the transformation of the incentive system for teaching and the study of the motivational sphere of the personality of a teacher of a higher educational institution. The subject of the research is the motivational sphere of personality and the psychological characteristics of teachers of higher educational institutions, which determine their professional motivation. For the organization of the empirical study of cross-cultural characteristics of professional and personal motivation of teachers of higher educational institutions of Kazakhstan program of scientific research has been developed consisting of several stages. For diagnostic measurement, 2 methods were taken:“Diagnostics of motivational personality structure” (V.E. Milman); “Methodology for determining job satisfaction ” (A.V. Batrashev). For diagnostic measurement, 2 methods were used: “Diagnostics of the motivational structure of the individual” (V. E. Milman); “Method of determining job satisfaction” (A.V. Batrashev). The study was conducted on the basis of highly rated higher education institutions in Almaty and Nur-Sultan - al-Farabi KazNU, Gumilyov’s ENU. The results of the study have showed that the teachers’ professional and personal motivation at higher education institutions where Kazakhstani citizens and expats have been invited to highly rated higher education institutions, found cross-cultural characteristics. Key words: motivation, teachers, expats, higher education institutions, cross-cultural aspect, diagnostics, etc.