Webquest Technologies as Learning Motivation

The study is devoted to the urgent problem of finding effective means of forming the learning motivation of students who are future teachers. The quality of education is largely determined by the level of formation of learning motivation. In the conditions of the innovative nature of modern education, the search for effective pedagogical tools and technologies to stimulate the development of learning motives of students remains as the permanent task. According to the authors, a web-quest technology that combines the elements of the case method, problem-based learning, design, research, and game methods and often based on the use of information and communication technologies has significant potential in solving this problem. The purpose of the paper is to reveal the possibility of the formation of learning motivation through WebQuest technology in the study of pedagogical disciplines. The paper describes the results for the diagnosis of learning motivation in students according to the criteria of a conscious attitude to the problems of education and emotional perception of various activities in changing circumstances. The results for a comparative analysis of the types of educational web quests and educational motives are also presented by the example of studying the discipline "Education in the Republic of Tatarstan". The data obtained in this study can be recommended to university teachers to organize the educational process in order to form the learning motivation of students.