Motivation in School Education

Abstract

Motivation refers to a process of including and stimulating an individual to act in a certain manner. Most of the motivation theories assumes that motivation is involved in the performance of all learned responses that is a learned behavior will not occur unless it is energized students in the classroom learning need constant motivation from the teachers so that optimum use of their talents may be made for their development. Many human actions are directed to the enhancement, or the maintenance of the self-esteem, thoughts and behaviors are in part determined by one’s self concept individual tend to maintain self-consistency in their actions, self- perception provides one thread to the stability of personality.