Problem: In the ideal classroom all students are motivated intrinsically, focused, and achieving to the highest of their ability. Unfortunately, many factors like self-esteem, home life, cultural back ground, life experiences, and more make the only potentially stable factor in adolescent learners' lives their teacher. The two motivational constructs of motivation I will discuss are the importance of harnessing intrinsic motivation, and the need for teacher intervention to boost minority students' sense of belonging. Intrinsic Motivation People are intrinsically motivated for some activities and not others, and not everyone is intrinsically motivated for any particular task (Ryan & Deci, 2000, p.56). This suggests that as educators we need to have techniques to extrinsically motivate our students in order to boost their intrinsic motivation. Ryan and Deci (2000) describe the need to keep in mind that motivation is a psychological construct and is intrinsic; however, motivation can also be extrinsic, where individuals seek external rewards. We should aim to use short term extrinsic constructs to help our learners develop the intrinsic motivation they need to achieve the most they can. For instance, I praise students frequently just for saying the simplest words or phrases in English. Japanese students are rarely praised and frequently have their mistakes magnified so many have low self esteem and consequently self efficacy and would prefer to say nothing. Need Assignment Help?