Learner Motivation Tools in the Greek State Primary School

This chapter investigates the importance of motivation. It examines the importance of the use of the audio-visual-kinaesthetic means of motivation in a young learner context through a theoretical and practical framework. The concept of motivation, its definition and its components as well as the factors that affect it, along with its relation to learning theories concerning how young learners are motivated are examined and analysed. However, young learners’ motivation is positively or negatively influenced by the teaching process- a factor that is directly related to the application and the use of the audio-visual-kinaesthetic means of motivation. Certain questions and issues associated with the use, the necessity, the effectiveness of these means are discussed in conjunction with what happens in the Greek state primary school. A research done in a substantial number of state primary schools enlightens us about teachers’ and students’ response to audio-visual-kinaesthetic means of motivation, the frequency with which they are used and the factors that affect it. All these theoretical and practical issues are presented, justified and evaluated,while specific implications are presented with a view to making teaching and learning interesting and beneficial for both teachers and learners.