FACILITATING LEARNER’S CENTERED TEACHING

Module 19: MEANING AND TYPES OF MOTIVATION

Topic Reporter/Discusser: Maricol E. Gavan BSED ENG 3A
Intended Learning Outcomes:
 Distinguish between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation.
 Justify the role of extrinsic motivation in view of the development of intrinsic
motivation.

MEANING OF MOTIVATION:
Motivation is an inner drive that causes you to do something and persevere at
something. It energizes you to do something. It is the strength of the drive toward an
action. While ability refers to what these children can do, motivation refers to what
children will do. Motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of
his/her of behavior. When we get motivated to do something, it is not enough that we
start working at that thing but that we get attracted to it. Our attraction towards it
becomes so intense that we persist working on it through thick and thin until its
completion. Learner’s motivation is the primary factor influencing both performance and
success in school (Ryan, et al, 2007).

INDICATORS OF HIGH LEVEL MOTIVATION

Your student’s level of motivation is shown in his/her choice of action, intensity and
persistence of effort. If you have a highly motivated student, you have a student who is
excited about learning and accomplishing things.
S/he takes desire to accomplish things or the initiative to undertake learning tasks,
assignments and projects without being pushed by his/her teachers and parents as
well. S/he has goals to accomplish and dreams to realize. S/he is convinced that
accomplishing the things s/he is asked to accomplished in class helps her/him realize
the goals s/he has set for herself/himself and his/her dream in life. S/he is willing to
give up the satisfaction of immediate goals for the sake of more important remote
goals. An example is her willingness to give up joining his/her barkada to watch a
movie in order to prepare thoroughly for final examinations. A student who is highly
motivated to learn enjoys learning and learns much more than the one who is not as
motivated. S he persists and perseveres in her/his studies even when things turn out to
be difficult. S/he does not give up easily. As a result, his/ her performance is
satisfactory. In contrast, a student who is not motivated to learn does not enjoy
learning, does not study unless “pushed”. When s/he feels the difficulty of study, s/he
readily gives up. S/he lacks perseverance. In summary, motivated students have the
following characteristic traits:
 Have positive attitudes toward school and describe school as satisfying.
 Persist on difficult tasks and cause few management problems.
 Process information in depth and excel in classroom learning expertise. (Stipek
1996, 2002 cited by Wooltok, 2013)

TYPES OF MOTIVATION
 Motivation is classified either as intrinsic or extrinsic. It is intrinsic when the source of
motivation is from within the person himself/herself or the activity itself. An example is
when a student reads pocketbooks because s/he herself/himself wants to read
pocketbooks or because reading pocketbooks in itself is enjoyable. Motivation is
extrinsic when that which motivates a person is someone or something outside him/her.
When a student studies because s/he was told by her/his teacher or because s/he is
afraid to fail and his/her parents make her/him stop schooling, we can say that s/he is
extrinsically motivated.

Intrinsic motivation: This is when motivation comes from “internal” factors to meet
personal needs. We do things we do because we enjoy them, not because we have to.
Intrinsic means internal or inside of yourself; when you are intrinsically motivated, you
enjoy an interest, a course of study or skill development solely for the fulfillment of
education and having fun.
Examples include exploring opportunities for personal development for the satisfaction
of being competent in a task, or setting the standards to become a role model or
mentor. Whatever you take on, you do it for personal accomplishment and gratification.
Extrinsic motivation: This is when motivation comes from “external” factors that are
given or controlled by others. Salary or praise are good examples. This type of
motivation is everywhere and frequently used within society.
When you are motivated to perform, achieve, learn or do something based on a highly
considered outcome, rather than for the fun, development or personal fulfillment, you
are being extrinsically motivated.
TYPE OF MOTIVATION WHICH IS MORE BENEFICIAL
Obviously, intrinsic motivation is more beneficial than extrinsic motivation because
intrinsic motivation comes from within the person himself/her self. If that which
motivates a person is something or someone outside, the moment that person or that
something is gone, the person’s motivation is also gone. Intrinsic motivation is evident
when people engage in an activity for its own sake, without some obvious external
incentive present. Reading for no reason other than the joy of reading illustrates
intrinsic motivation.
THE ROLE OF EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
Initially, extrinsic motivation is necessary to develop the love for learning among poorly
motivated students. If good grades, reward, praise or words of encouragement or fear
of failing grade can motivate unmotivated students to study, why not? For as long as
students are hardly motivated, external motivation in the form of rewards, incentives or
punishment play a significant role in the development of motivated students. It is
expected, however, that these extrinsic motivational factors be gradually replaced by
internal motivation. In the concrete, this means that after motivating the students to
study by way reward, praise, encouragement, punishment, hopefully the students
develop the of genuine love for learning and becomes intrinsically motivated in the
process. In short, we may begin employing extrinsic motivation at the start but this
should fade away as the students get intrinsically motivated themselves.
Reference: https://www.ems1.com/ems-management/articles/2-types-of-motivation-explained-
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Quiz:

1. _______ Is an inner drive that causes you to do something and persevere at

something.
a. Ability
 b. Motivation
c. Behavior
d. Extrinsic
2. It refers to what children can do.
a. Ability
b. Motivation
c. Behavior
d. Extrinsic
3. Motivated students have the following characteristics, except:
a. positive attitudes toward school and describe school as satisfying.
b. Persist on difficult tasks and cause few management problems.
c. Describes school as burden.
d. Process information in depth.
4. A motivation that comes from internal factors to meet personal needs.
a. Entrinsic
b. Extrinsic
c. Ability
d. Intrinsic
5. When you are motivated to perform, achieve, learn or do something based on a
highly considered outcome, rather than for the fun, development or personal
fulfillment, you are being what?
a. Intrinsically motivated
b. Not that motivated
c. Extrinsically motivated
d. Motivated