motivation

BY: MILTON MORALES YON FREDY ESPINOSA

DIANA MARCELA MURCIALicenciatura en inglés

Universidad de la Amazonia

Motivation is the principal factor that drives a person to do something.

Motivate means to provide with a need or desire that causes a person to act.

Motivation is also defined as the impetus to create and sustain and goal-seeking acts.

WHAT IS MOTIVATION?

Students get to participate in the classroom.

Motivation in students makes all the difference in the world.

Students who are motivated by their teachers reach the heights levels of excellence in school .

WHY MOTIVATION IS IMPORTANT IN TEACHING

Students demonstrate a better attitude towards schoolwork and learning when they are motivated.

When students are motivated, the teacher will view students and her job with a more positive outlook which will lead to better teaching.

THE IMPORTANCE OF MOTIVATION IN TEACHING & LEARNING PROCESS

Sources of Motivation

Power motivation Attitude motivation Incentives motivation Fear motivation Competence motivation Affiliation motivation Achieve motivation

TYPES OF MOTIVATION

One of the most important effects of motivating students is the use of a positive classroom behavior system.

Emphasize A motivation way educator will spend

most of his energy pointing out the positive behaviors, rather than negative behavior.

POSITIVE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR SYSTEM

/external

elicited by stimulus associated/ connected to innately connected stimulus

obtain desired, pleasant consequences (rewards) or escape/avoid undesired, unpleasant consequences

imitate positive models

Sources of Motivational Needs

Affective

increase/decrease affective dissonance

(inconsistency)

increase feeling good

decrease feeling bad

increase security of or decrease threats to self-esteem

maintain levels of optimism and enthusiasm

cognitive

maintain attention to something interesting or threatening

develop meaning or understanding

increase/decrease cognitive disequilibrium; uncertainty

solve a problem or make a decision

figure something out

eliminate threat or risk

conative

meet individually developed/selected goal

obtain personal dream

take control of one's life

eliminate threats to meeting goal, obtaining dream

reduce others' control of one's life

Sources of Motivational Needs

Intrinsic Motivation It refers to motivation that comes from

inside an individual.

This motivation does not need to have compensation at the end of a performed activity.

The person who is intrinsically motivated will carry out a task just because he likes and enjoys what he is doing.

KINDS OF MOTIVATION

Extrinsic motivation refers to motivation that comes from outside an individual.

Rewards such as money or grades provide satisfaction and pleasure that the task itself may not provide.

Extrinsic motivation is when someone is motivated by external factors.

Extrinsic Motivation