MOTIVATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHER IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGES

Abstract

At the present time professional activity of a higher education teacher in Ukraine is carried out in the context of changes. Initially these changes are related to the educational transformations, conditioned by the need to improve quality and competitiveness of education, integration of the national education system into the world educational scope. Accomplishment of changes in the system of higher education involves qualitatively new approaches to the selection of teacher of higher educational institutions, organization and assessment of their professional activities. The effectiveness of the teacher's professional practice in such circumstances depends on a large extent on personal high motivation. In order to improve further the system of teachers' motivation in higher educational institutions, we conducted the research of psychological peculiarities of teachers' motivation in the context of changes. The results of the research are presented in the presentation. In particular, the peculiarities of teachers' attitudes towards changes and innovations in the field of education are researched; the level of satisfaction of basic needs and the structure of the motives in professional activity of a teacher are studied; the basic material and non-material inducements of the teacher’s activity in the context of changes are determined.