The document discusses motivation from several perspectives. It defines motivation in educational terms as the desire to improve learning by creating interest. Motivation in psychology is described as initiating and maintaining goal-oriented behaviors, with physiological, behavioral, cognitive, and social approaches. Motivation can be intrinsic, from internal desire, or extrinsic, from external factors. Methods to motivate students include praise, spreading enthusiasm, relating lessons to students' lives, and tracking improvement. Financial and non-financial methods can also be used to motivate in business contexts.

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M.Saravana, BE, MS, MPhil
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2. Motivation Definition:
(in educational terms)
Desire, willingness, to
improve our service
to the learners, by
creating interest
towards the learning
situation.
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3. Other definition:
Motivation is the psychological
feature that arouses an organism
to action toward a desired goal
and elicits, controls, and sustains
certain goal directed behaviours.
For instance: An individual has
not eaten, he or she feels
hungry, and as a response he or
she eats and diminishes feelings
of hunger.
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4. In psychology:
Motivation is the process
that initiates, guides and
maintains goal-oriented
behaviours.
There are many approaches
to motivation:
physiological, behavioural,
cognitive, and social.
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5. Motivation is what
causes us to act,
whether it is getting
a glass of water to
reduce thirst or
reading a book to
gain knowledge.
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6. There are two types of
motivation:
Intrinsic & Extrinsic.
Intrinsic: Voluntary
motivation (Self motivation)
Extrinsic: Externally
motivated (Motivation by
others)
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7. MotivationInternal and external
factors that
stimulate desire and
energy in people to
be continually
interested and
committed to a job.
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8. Motivation is creating
willingness, arousal of
interest in learning.
Methods of motivation:
arousing curiosity, stressing
importance, rewards and
benefits, etc. The source of
motivation can be a good
teacher, Favorable learning
condition, Healthy
competition, etc.
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9. Motivating Students in classroom:
1. Praise Students in Ways Big and Small.
2. Spread Excitement Like a Virus. Show your
enthusiasm in the subject & use appropriate, concrete
and understandable examples to help students grasp it.
3. use a variety of teaching methods.
4.Relate lessons to Students’ Lives. students will care
more if they identify themselves or their everyday lives in
what they’re learning.
5.Track Improvement. Set achievable, short-term
goals, emphasis improvement, keep self-evaluation
forms to fill out and compare throughout the year.
6.Motivate Students Beyond the Classroom
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10. Sources of
Motivation:
"why" of
learning
“Who would you still like
to listen to and why?”
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11. Sources of
Motivation:
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12. Sources of
Motivation:
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13. Methods of Motivation:
use your manipulative skills!
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14. Methods of Motivation
(In business)
Financial
Method
Motivation
Methods
Non-Financial
Method
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