La motivación como sustento indispensable del aprendizaje en los estudiantes universitarios

Low motivation in university students is a common factor for several careers in many countries. This element is recognized as a cause of scarce learning of students, and as a generator of attitudes which conspire against success. The kind and intensity of the motivation developed by students are conditioned, among other factors, by the social environment in which they live, and may lead them to adopt patterns of behavior encouraging learning per se, or trending to the search for rewards. Thus, the professors should establish strategies generating intrinsic motivation, not forgetting that the society and the university education are built on bases which favor the development of the extrinsic motivation.