Student Resiliency and Intrinsic Motivation for College and Career Success: A Narrative Inquiry

摘要

Many research studies have been completed that attempt to understand motivation and whether or not motivation is a key to success. However, there seems to be less information on how to tap and increase motivation for those who may be less motivated to succeed. Given the high unemployment rates in the United States today, intrinsic motivation is an essential ingredient for achievement of college and career success, as those less motivated will not typically be the ones to both graduate and become competitive in the job market. Understanding what it is that motivates individuals at early ages and maximizing these critical components in the educational environment is critical to the future college and career success of today's students.;Additionally, students who have suffered from much adversity in their early years seem to need to be able to develop resilience, in order to persevere and develop coping skills to succeed in later life. There is a lot of research related to resilience, but not as much that is tied directly to academic success. This qualitative narrative study was completed in order to better understand what makes students more resilient in the face of adversity and motivated to achieve academic success, as well as to determine what educators can do to help develop resilience and motivate students to achieve college and career success.