DETERMINANTS OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN IN 21ST CENTURY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Education is a tool which leads to academic growth of school going children in this 21st century and that motivates them to greater achievements in their later lives. Motivation is necessary for accomplishment of any task, test and helps in achievement. Motivation encourages school going children to achieve good marks/grades in their examinations. Motivation differs for each child as every individual has unique abilities and coping strategies. Motivation could be intrinsic motivation in some children or extrinsic motivation in others. Achievement motivation is said to also be influenced by parental behaviour. The objective of the paper is to assess the achievement motivation among school going children in 21st century and examines the determinants therein through existing literature. The methodology of the paper is qualitative data analysis based on the secondary data. This paper attempts to conduct a document analysis of research published in this context. Based on the objective of this study, 16 papers were extensively examined. It was found that achievement motivation was influenced by conservative attitudes and prejudgments attached to various situations. Further, it was seen that student participation in various co-curricular activities at school level can help them to improve their reasoning and problem-solving skills that strive to achieve high aspirations. Some of the suggestions to enhance achievement motivation among the school students have been highlighted in the end of the paper. Parents should listen to their children and attempt to solve issues concerning the child’s problems, and concerns through discussions. Parent-child communication and learning from online mode has become important factors for achievement motivation for the 21st century school student