On the connection of motivation direction of the teacher with teaching methods

In the current situation related to the reforms in the field of educational policy, one of the priorities in the implementation of the state order is to work with the motivation of teaching staff. The concept of motivation is widely used in the field of professional pedagogical education, but the question of the relationship between the motivation of the teacher and the choice of repro-ductive or research methods of work with adult learners is not sufficiently disclosed. The purpose of this article is to reveal the connection between the choice of reproductive and research teaching methods by teachers with the direction of their professional motivation. The methodological basis of the research is the domestic and foreign works of researchers considering: the theory of adult education; works in the field of postgraduate pedagogical education, advanced training of teachers; the concept of motivation. As research methods were used: theoretical method of analysis of scientific literature; method of questioning learners and teachers; diagnostic test by T. Elers. The author describes the results of the study of the correlation between the use of re-productive and research methods by teachers and concludes the focus of motivation and readiness for innovation. The scientific novelty consists in revealing the correlation between the use of reproductive and productive methods in andragogy and substantiating the targets of the transition from reproductive to productive methods depending on the direction of professional motivation. Practical significance consists in recommendations on the choice of reproductive and research teaching methods by teachers depending on the orientation of their motivation for professional activity.