by Ah Ram Lee
Ph.D. student, University of Florida

Ah Ram Lee

Motivation is one of the fundamental and critical basis in teaching. Most of the practical teaching tactics that encourage learning would not likely work without motivation. Lack of motivation can be lead to academic discipline problems. In other words, almost all the worries that teachers have can be resolved if students are motivated.

There are two types of motivation that we need to be aware of —  intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation.

Intrinsic motivation is closer to core value of learning, and extrinsic motivation is often related to more external factors.

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