Educational motivation: factors of influence, the role of intrapersonal conflict

This article defines the factors influencing the formation of educational motivation. It is emphasized that its development is a long and heterogeneous process, affected by both external circumstances and the internal state of a person. Besides, it is stressed that motivation to training, formed against the background of the opinion of others or due to other reasons, not produced by an individual as a result of personal interest in a particular profession, tends to change. In this case, the results of educational activities are usually low. The author examines the relationship between educational motivation and intrapersonal conflict, establishes its influence on the choice of the sphere of application of professional efforts, the strategy of behavior of a future specialist, the results of university studies. It is concluded that the presence of an internal conflict corrects learning motivation, specifies individual development goals, determines the subject’s desire for self-improvement.