Motivation

DEVELOPING, MONITORING AND MAINTAINING PRODUCTIVE PUPIL BEHAVIOUR

DEFINITION

Motivation is an inner drive that arouses pupils, steers them with in particular directions, goals or tasks and cause them to be persistent in trying to

achieve the goals or completing the task successfully.

(Lenin&Nolan,1991)

Motivation

Positive

Pay attention to the class

Involve actively in lesson

Have confidence to succeed

Negative

Aim to only do enough to avoid

failure

Have little confidence

Have lower interest in lesson

Type of motivation

Intrinsic Extrinsic

INTRINSIC MOTIVATION

Involves engaging in a behavior because it is personally rewarding; essentially, performing

an activity for its own sake rather than the desire for some external reward.

Examples of behaviors that are the result of intrinsic motivation include:

• Participating in a sport because you find the activity enjoyable

• Solving a word puzzle because you find the challenge fun and interesting

• Playing a game because you find it exciting

EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION

occurs when we are motivated to perform a behavior or engage in an activity in order to

earn a reward or avoid a punishment.

the behavior is motivated by a desire to gain a reward or avoid a negative outcome.

Examples of behaviors that are the result of extrinsic motivation include:

• Studying because you want to get a good grade

• Cleaning your room to avoid being reprimanded by your parents

• Participating in a sport in order to win awards

• Competing in a contest in order to win a scholarship

WAYS TO MOTIVATE PUPILS

• Pupils Interest

• Relate teaching and learning materials to pupils interest in life outside school

• Design variety of activities which pupils enjoy such as simulation, group work, video viewing, games to avoid boredom

• Pupil Needs

• Create activities that provide ample opportunities for pupils to meet some of their basic human needs such as self belonging and self-esteem through group work and pair work

• Success

• Create success for pupils by designing activities that are manageable within the time duration given and according to pupils’ ability level

• Ensure pupils experience success by making learning goals or objectives clear and teaching content of the lesson clearly in small steps

• Tension

• Create a moderate amount of tension to enhance motivation and increase pupil learning. When there is no tension in the learning situation, pupils tend to be relaxed and not serious about learning.

• Feedback

• Give specific feedback to pupils soon after of at the time of performance or presentation.

• These feedback allow pupils to keep track of their own progress over time.