Art pedagogy as a means for development of educational motivation of students – future teachers

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the study of the impact of art pedagogy on the development of educational motivation of students. Art pedagogy is an innovative direction, the purpose of which is to create a new cognitive methodology, to overcome psychological barriers of thinking, to build the interaction between a teacher and a student on the basis of reflection, educational and creative self-organization for intellectual and creative development. This technology is especially relevant in the capacity of an integration of art into the educational context for solving professional and pedagogical tasks of the modern educational practice. The purpose of the paper is to study the influence of art pedagogy techniques on the development of educational motivation of students - future teachers. The paper discusses the role and data of a comparative analysis of thematic planning for studying the course “History of Pedagogy and Education” in combination with the techniques of art pedagogy. It also describes the course and results of the experiment on the development of educational motivation of students using these techniques. The research methods were: theoretical analysis of scientific literature, generalization, survey, and pedagogical experiment. The findings of the research can be recommended for university and college faculty in training students - future teachers.