MODULE 21: STUDENT’S DIVERSITY IN MOTIVATION

Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:

 Identify the two types of Motivation and;
 Determine the two principles to consider regarding social and cultural
influences on motivation.

WHAT IS DIVERSITY?
 It is a combination of our differences that shape our view of the world, our
perspective and our approach. Diversity is also about recognizing,
respecting and valuing differences based on ethnicity, gender, age, race,
religion, disability and sexual orientation.

WHAT IS MOTIVATION?
 Motivation is the process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented
behaviors. It is what causes you to act.
 Motivation involves the biological, emotional, social, and cognitive forces
that activate behavior. In everyday usage, the term "motivation" is
frequently used to describe why a person does something. It is the driving
force behind human actions.

INTRODUCTION

Students’ motivation is likely to vary as a function of age, culture, gender,

socioeconomic background and special education needs. There is no single best
method of motivating learners. In this lesson, we will be able to know how these
factors influences student’s motivation.

TWO TYPES OF MOTIVATION

 Intrinsic Motivation
 Extrinsic Motivation

INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
 Defined as the doing of an activity for its inherent satisfaction rather than
for some separable consequences.

EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
 Defined as a motivation to participate in an activity based on meeting an
external goal, garnering praise and approval, winning a competition, or
receiving an award or payment.
 Our class is a conglomerate of students with varying ages and gender and most
especially cultural background and socioeconomic status. Our students’ motivational drives
reflect the elements of the culture in which they grow up – their family, their friends, school,
church, and books. To motivate all of them for learning, it is best to employ differentiated
approaches. “Different folks, different strokes”. What is medicine for one may be poison for
another.

TWO PRINCIPLES TO CONSIDER REGARDING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON

MOTIVATION ARE:

1. Students are most likely to model the behaviors they believe are relevant to their
situation.
2. Students develop greater efficacy for a task when they see others like themselves
performing the task successfully.

WHAT CONCLUSION CAN BE DERIVED FROM THE TWO PRINCIPLES?

Students need models who are similar to themselves in terms of race, cultural background,
socioeconomic status, gender, and disability.
Then it must be good to expose our students to models of their age and to models who come
from similar cultural, socioeconomic backgrounds.

Discussants:
Velasco, Rica Mae S.
Balictar, Roselle Kyla M.
Pobreza, Mary Rose B.