Study Visits as a Method of Professional Motivation Formation in Future Choreographers

Abstract

The article presents the results of the studying the effect of the study visits method on the formation of professional motivation in second-year students majoring in specialty 024 "Choreography". Group balancing was performed by random selection according to age, gender and levels of choreographic training. The experiment was conducted in accordance with the pattern "Before-after with the control group". The study visits method of famous choreographers was used to conduct master classes with students of the experimental group. Rean's technique (adapted by the author) is used to diagnose the students' level of professional motivation. Pearson's coefficient and χ2 - Pearson's criterion were used to calculate the relationships between factor and result features, as well as to define the statistical significance of the data obtained. The study visits' motivational potential in the course of training future choreographers is revealed: in the experimental group in comparison with the control group there was a significant increase in motivation. The correlation between the growth of motivation and the increase of the level of the students' choreographic training is revealed. The analysis of students' essays was carried out, which established the content of students' motivational intentions for future professional activity. The role of transgression as a phenomenon of shaping the choreography students' motivation under the influence of encounters with artists is brought forward, which should be subject to further research.