Title: Lesson Six: Motivation
Course: EPS 201: PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING (B)

Purpose of the topic/week/section

The purpose of this topic is to help you apply various ways of motivating learners in a teaching learning situation.

Intended learning outcomes

At the end of this topic, you will be able to:

1.      1.  Analyze the different theories of motivation.

2.     2.   Explain the implications of the theories of motivation to teaching and learning

Over to you:

In this topic we will learn about motivation, which is the energizing factor behind our behaviour. Motivation gives direction towards our goals. The goal is always to satisfy a need, for example, hunger, thirst, pain avoidance, but at a higher level, motivation energizes behaviour towards achievement, competence, affiliation, esteem and so on.  Motivation theories describe two broad forces that determine an individual’s behaviour. These forces include; internal force, which is the desire to engage in an activity as a means to an end and external force which is driven by external rewards such as money  and need for good grades in school.