Professional motivation of a university teacher as a factor of personal and professional growth
Global changes in the social, political and economic spheres are taking place in our country, as well as the transformation of the higher education system, which must meet the challenges of the time, special requirements are imposed on the modern teacher. Having considered the accumulated experience in Russian and foreign theoretical and practical research, we can talk about the problem of the current research as relevant and requiring solutions, at the same time we can note its unsystematic nature, focus only on certain aspects of this problem. The purpose of this study is the features of professional motivation of university teachers. The objectives of the study were the study of psychological and pedagogical literature on the research topic, the creation of a model of professional motivation of teachers, experimental diagnostics of teacher professional motivation. The study was conducted using various methods: analyzing psychological and pedagogical literature on the topic of research, testing, modeling, experiment. The sample consisted of 130 teachers of Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University from 23 to 59 years of age. This study is practice-oriented and can be used by managers of secondary and higher professional education to form the professional motivation of teachers. Wide possibilities of applying the results of our research are also noted.