Importance of Motivation in Learning!

The purpose and importance of motivation should be clearly understood by the teacher. The fundamental aim of motivation is to stimulate and to facilitate learning activity.Learning is an active process that needs to be motivated and guided toward desirable ends.

Learning is self-initiated, but it must be aided by motives so that the learner will persist in the learning activity. A definite motive is valuable in all work, as motives make for readiness. The greater the readiness, the greater will be the attention given to the work on hand and the sooner will the desired result be achieved.

It is important to attempt to get the learner into a state of readiness for it increases the alertness, vigor, and wholeheartedness of learning. In trying to achieve some end, the more acute the readiness, the more satisfying the reaction. The activities which are futile become annoying.

One sure means of putting the law of effect into operation is to assist the learner to achieve ends and purposes which he is zealous to attain. The real problem in motivating schoolwork is to discover values strong enough to stimulate the pupils to effective effort.