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UNIT I
PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

MODULE 13
MOTIVATION

Objective:

 Characterize the nature of motivation, including its importance and basic historical
perspectives.

Motivation is another important factor in learning. Without motivation, not much or no
learning at all will takes place.

 What is motivation?
 How important is motivation to achieve its goal?
 What is the difference between motive and incentive?
 What are the classes and classification of motivation?
 What is the process of motivation?
 What are the source theories of motivation?

MOTIVATION

Motivation represents forces acting within a person the cause a person to behave in a specific,
goal-oriented manner (Slocum and Hellriegel, 2007)

IMPORTANCE OF MOTIVATION

1. Directs activities towards the achievement of a goal. If the goal is to acquire oral
proficiency, then all efforts must be directed towards the learning of the rules of grammar
of the language. The goal itself may be a motivation.

2. Controls and directs human behavior. Instead of engaging is unworthy, anti-social
activities, the young may be guided to engage in worthwhile, socially approved activities
with effective motivation techniques.

3. Inculcates spiritual and moral values in the minds of the young. With proper motivation,
the young may be induced to form spiritual and moral values as their lifelong assets.

4. Gives satisfaction and happiness to the individual. For instance, a learner sets the
completion of a course as his goal that promises lucrative job.

MOTIVATION AS DIFFERENTIATED FROM MOTIVE AND INCENTIVE

Motivation is a process but motive is a disposition, tendency, desire, or aspiration. It is
also drive or impulse, an attitude that arouses interest and sustains and regulates behavior.

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