A humanitarian tendency of education gives greater urgency to person-centered conceptualization, which puts the idea of self-determination in the first place in the view of the making of heuristic ideas about personal and professional development of an educator. The paper aims at conceptualizing motivational processes of self-determination as a triggering threshold of personal and professional development of an educator. Self-determination and related concepts of self-regulation, self-motivation, facilitation, dialogue, productivity, and commitment have been found to determine the essence of personal and professional development of an educator as a psychological resource system. The authors have come to the conclusion that creative content of self-determination processes is due to integrity and effectiveness of personal and professional development of an educator.

Pochtaryova Elena Yurievna, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychological and Pedagogical Education, Academy of Vocational Education, 193, Bazhov st., Ekaterinburg, 620026, Russian Federation, e-mail: sshsa@mail.ru 

Vasyagina Nataliya Nikolaevna, Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Professor, Head, Department of Educational Psychology, Ural State Pedagogical University, 26, Cosmonauts av., Ekaterinburg, 620017, Russian Federation, e-mail: vasyagina_n@mail.ru

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