Motivation may be one of the greatest barriers of all for adolescents and its influence may be underestimated
by the literature concentrating on the more easily visible barriers.
If we want our adolescents to be competitive, challenged, confident, self-disciplined, productive and successful,
we need to focus on their level of motivation and the factors that affect it.
Knowing how to engage and maintain teenagers' interest in school work continues to baffle and frustrate teachers
all over.
Young children are curious but as they enter their teenage years, their appetite for learning appears to
shrink. Part of these issues is that students are lacking the desire and willingness to learn. Student motivation is that
desire to participate in the learning process and the reasons for involvements.
Budge, David (2000). Motivating Students for Lifelong Learning. Paris, France, Center for Educational
Research.
