{"id":609,"date":"2022-04-15T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T20:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/?p=609"},"modified":"2022-04-15T23:22:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:22:17","slug":"2-elements-in-the-concept-of-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/2-elements-in-the-concept-of-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"2 ELEMENTS IN THE CONCEPT OF MOTIVATION"},"content":{"rendered":"Motivation is one of the techniques that a teacher should implore in order to enhance the process of learning. It is a very important aspect of learning.\n\n\n
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The Concept of Motivation – Motive Meaning<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nScholars have defined motivation in many ways. Santrock (2008:71), defines motivation as processes that energise, direct and sustain behaviour, furthermore, motivation is the process of instigating and sustaining goal-directed behaviour.\n\n\n\nWoolfolk (2010: 376) defines motivation as \u201can internal state that arouses, directs and maintains behaviour.\u201d Santrock (2008:414) points out that \u201cmotivation involves the processes that direct and sustain behaviour.\u201d It is the drive that makes us do anything and we on it in our day to day lives. Motivation is that drive<\/a> that causes one to concentrate on school work and another not to. It also makes some mothers to work up early in the morning while others work up late to catch up with the order of the day.\n\n\n\nFrom all the above definitions, we can regard Motivation as a vehicle that drives one to achieve his or her goal. It is very difficult for learners to set goals, employ cognitive processes and then achieve the set goals if motivation is not present in their learning process.\n\n\n\nIt is important to note that learners are different and as such, they are motivated differently; one type of motivation cannot work for all learners in a classroom for instance because they vary not only in the level i.e. (how much) but also in the orientation of motivation i.e. (what type of motivation).\n\n\n\nThere are two types of motivation. These are Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation. The two can also be looked at as different views of motivation. Intrinsic motivation is a trait centred view which implies that motivation comes from within regardless of the situation. On the other hand, extrinsic motivation is a situation centred which means the situation determines the level of motivation and also shapes one\u2019s behaviour. However, in certain instances, there can be could or should be considered resulting from purely intrinsic or extrinsic factors and now acknowledge the potential benefits of a more balanced view that allows for a combination of the two.\n\n\n
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