LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Effect of the Use of Motivational Techniques on the Academic
Achievement of the Teachers at the Higher Education Level in Pakistan

Muhammad Naseer Ud Din, Ph.D., Sajjad Hayat Akhtar, Ph.D.,
Abdul Rehman Khaleeq, Ph.D., Abdul Ghafoor Nasir, Ph.D. Scholar and
Muhammad Ishfaq Ud Din, M.Sc.

Abstract

The study probed into a descriptive research to evaluate the effect of the use of motivational techniques on the academic achievement of the teacher at higher education level in Pakistan.

Motivation is the heart of teaching and learning process. It is usually defined as an internal state that arouses, directs and maintains behavior a certain period of time. However, it is the process of arousing, sustaining and regulating activities, to be precise a concept limited to some aspects such as the energetic behavior or purposive regulation.

Main objectives of the study were to investigate the motivational techniques used by the heads of institutions, examine the views of teachers about the effective and ineffective motivational techniques, and identify the students' opinions about the performance of the teachers and to find out the impact of motivational techniques.

On the basis of analysis it was concluded that majority of heads used constructive as well as optimistic, appreciate intentionally, reward, constructive criticism, incentive, expressing expectations, promotion, recognition, status, personal loyalty and shown interest as motivation techniques and they did not provide job security.

Keywords: motivational techniques, effective and ineffective motivational techniques, students' opinions, performance of the teachers and impact of motivational techniques.

Introduction

Motivation of teachers has been a prime concern of school and college administrators. Every educator needs to be concerned about motivation. It is a quality that students, teachers, parents, school and college administrator, and other members of the community must have if our educational system is to prepare young people adequately for the challenges and demands of the coming century.

Of course, the way these various groups of individuals generate and use motivation differs greatly.

Students need motivation to learn, parents need it to track the educational progress of their sons and daughters, teachers need it to become better teachers, and school, college and university administrators need it to ensure that every facet of the schools, college and university they manage continues to improve.

Role of Motivation

Motivation is an important tool that is often under-utilized by heads of institutions in today workplace. Heads use motivation techniques in the workplace to inspire teachers to work, both individually and in groups, to produce the best results for education in the most efficient and effective manner. It was assumed that motivation had to be generated from the outside, but it is now understood that each individual has his own set of motivating forces. It is the duty of the heads of institutions to carefully identify and address these motivating forces.

Motivation is the desire or drive within a person to achieve some goal. Within is the operative word here, for motivation is an internal condition based on a person's perceptions and needs (Ricks et al; 1995).

The term motivation derives from the Latin word movers, "to move". It is virtually impossible to determine a person's motivation until that person behaviour or action an individual performs at each moment in time, the initiation and persistence of an intentional, goal-directed activity (Mifflin, 1995).

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