THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ON STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE

Gabriel ALBU Petroleum Gas University of Ploiesti

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Approaching students’ motivation by only focusing on the internal (intrinsic) motivation and external (extrinsic) motivation has already become a cliché. This approach, while being important and necessary, and thus worthy of the focus education researchers and practitioners place on it, is not sufficient. The study shows that school can develop (and/or reinforce) other types of motivation, such as preventive, promotive, and altruist motivation. The study underlines the fact that, while intrinsic and extrinsic motivation deal with how students relate to their own activity, the preventive, promotive, and altruist motivation deal with how students relate to their present and future life. Keywords: motivation, preventive motivation, promotive motivation, altruist motivation, school, student, professor, motivational focus.