Effective ways of motivating adults for learning in professional field

Abstract

The article highlights the problem of fostering motivation for professional development in adult learners. It describes the methodology of autonomy-supportive educational practices applicable to designing innovative competence-oriented ERR-based in-service training programs at university. It presents the ways of cognitive and emotional support in the individual and collective zone of proximal development of in-service training participants. The aim of the study also is to identify key areas of development programs of additional professional education, examines the experience of UNN on a number of programs to draw conclusions about the future development of other related, those described in the article directions and retraining programs and the forecast potential outcomes.