The Role of Motivation in the Self-education of Future Teachers

Abstract

The research described in the present study focuses on the connection between self-education and personal and professional interests of prospective music teachers; the role of motivation on self-development; the importance to develop in students the desire to gain scientific and professional knowledge, as well as get familiar with innovative professional practices. It turned out that for the majority of the research participants motivation for self-education is associated with their professional growth. To conduct effective self-education undergraduates must possess the following qualities: self-confidence, independence of judgment, the ability to use the experience of their colleagues, the ability to cooperate, the ability to defend their point of view. The suggested methodology of motivation and stimulation of future teachers’ self-education in the process of teaching practice is associated with the acquisition and updating of subjective experience, the search for links between internal and external experience.