Журнал «Психология образования в поликультурном пространстве»

THE INFLUENCE OF MOTIVATION ON THE FORMATION OF FUTURE LAWYERS PROFESSIONAL INTERST TO STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY

Author: Goncharov Kirill Yu.

The relevance of the topic is confirmed by the need of the society and the state for competent lawyers. The quality and effectiveness of a lawyer’s professional activity is largely determined by the level of their training at university. The modernization of education is designed to provide equal opportunities for future specialists in full-fledged professional development. Today there is a need to change the approach to psychological education in law schools, which does not sufficiently use modern concepts of integration of legal and educational psychology. A survey of law students shows that the majority of students are not satisfied with their knowledge of psychology. The main reason is the abstract and descriptive nature of the psychology course, which reduces students’ motivation to study the subject. In psychology, motivation is a complex multidimensional process, a level regulator of human life, behavior and activity. This is one of the leading components that determines the direction of educational activity and is one of the resources for a student’s educational success. It is important to create conditions for the development of internal motivation in students, so that they understand the importance of psychological knowledge for successful professional activities. Future specialists must be able to correctly explain certain manifestations of personality, evaluate a person’s actions and actions from the point of view of the relationship between goals and means of achieving them, and motives. Full preparation for future professional activity presupposes not only that a lawyer has a certain system of professional knowledge, but also knowledge about the patterns of communication, specific communication skills and abilities, which is generally expressed in certain personal qualities of a lawyer. Consequently, an important component in preparing a lawyer is the teacher’s ability to create positive learning motivation in the classroom. The article also presents the results of a study that was aimed at collecting primary sociological and pedagogical information about the motives and necessity of studying psychological disciplines at law faculties of universities.

Key words:
motivation; professional interest; future lawyers; psychology; education