Sarmistha Bhattacharjee Department of Education Power point on Motivation Presented By Sarmistha Bhattacharjee Department of Education Bangabasi College

Why do we need to know about Motivation? The role of others in developing motivation is central to teaching and education can we give motivation to our students? No! Teacher cannot control the motivation of their students. They are not responsible of the motivation of their students. They can only influence motivation.(Taylor and Thornton 1995)

DEFINATION OF MOTIVATION Motivation is the process of arousing the action sustaining the activity in process and regulating the pattern of activity. -YOUNG Motivation refers to the states within a persons or animal that drives behavior toward some goals. - MORGAN AND KING Motivation refers to all the internal conditions that stir up activity and sustain activity of an individual. -GUILFORD Motivation means the classes of operations used to produce and measure changes in performance and changes in energy output. -UNDERWOOD

NATURE OF MOTIVATION Based on motives Affected by motivating Goal directed behavior Related to satisfaction Person is motivated in totality complex process

Contd…. Motivation consists of A driving state The goal directed behavior initiated by the driving state The attainment of an appropriate goal The reduction of the driving state and subjective satisfaction and relief when goal is reached

Types of Motivation INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION In general, motivation can be considered as either intrinsic(biological, cognitive ,affective, cognitive, or spiritual.)and extrinsic(behavioral.) INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION

Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic motivation Intrinsically motivated Behavior: Behavior that is performed for its own sake. Includes recognition ,status ,authority, participation etc. Extrinsically motivated Behavior: Behavior that performed to acquire material or social rewards, or to avoid punishment. Includes incentive, bonus, reward etc.

THEORIES OF MOTIVATION DRIVE THEORIES INCENTIVE THEORIES MASLOW THEORY OF HUMAN MOTIVATION

DRIVE THEORY This theory might be described as ‘push theory of motivation. Here the behavior is pushed towards goal by driving states within a person. When an internal driving state is aroused, the individual is pushed to engage in behavior which will lead to a goal that reduce the intensity of driving state.

INCENTIVE THEORY Incentives means the motivational value of a reinforcer. In contract with the push of drive theories, incentive theories are ‘pull theories of motivation. Because of certain characteristics they have, the goal objects pull behavior towards them.

Maslow hierarchy theory of motivation According to Maslow, need at the lower levels of the hierarchy dominate an individual’s motivation as they are unsatisfied. Once, these are adequately satisfied, however, the higher needs occupy the individual’s attention and efforts.

MOTIVATION One of the most important factors that leads human beings to reach their goals is motivation, if this driving force would have not existed then a world full of technology, great discoveries and the evolution of everything would not have happened.

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