Applied orientation and interdisciplinary integration as a factor in increasing student learning motivation

Abstract

The research is devoted to the study of the process of increasing students' motivation to study physics, one of the most complex sciences of the school course. The process of increasing motivation is considered through the introduction of an optional course in high school. The research represents the organizational and methodological features of the formation of sustainable motivation of students to physics in the process of teaching the optional course “Physical Basis of Information Security”, which is a program for giving theoretical knowledge about the physical foundations of information security, providing active practical work in the process of studying different ways of information security and performing laboratory work. Teaching is based on the application of the problem-based learning and active learning, as the optimal methods of searching and obtaining new knowledge. The increased level of motivation and students' knowledge is achieved through the introduction of the optional course "Physical Basis of Information Security", which includes pedagogical technologies, problem situations and practical exercises. Monitoring analysis of the results of a learning experiment proves that the experimental group, unlike the control group, has a higher level of motivation and knowledge.