Brophy, J. (2010). Motivating students to learn. New York: Routledge. Chapter 1. Students motivation: The teachers' perspective.

This chapter covers the theories of human motivation. With an emphasis on reactive responses to pressures as well as on intrinsically motativated, Self-determined actions. Along with this we learn about Martin Ford's taxonomy of 24 goals arranged within six categories: Affective goals, Cognitive goals, Subjective organization goals, Self-assertive social relationship goals, Integrative social relationship goals, and Task goals.

While reading this passage I would look back on my schooling experence and point out which teachers helped with my learning motivation and which one didn't. I noticed that those that didn't help with my motivation where those teachers that had the boring lessons. The lessons that were boring were the ones where we had to sit at our desks all day compared to the other teachers lessons were we were more hands on and moving.