Appearances of Motivation According to Branch of Study of Students to Public Universities in Albania

Abstract

The performance of a student is inevitably influenced by motivation. It can be external or internal, medium, low or high. As the studies in different countries show, motivational level is also associated with the field of study that students have chosen to follow. Furthermore they express the kind of motivation according to the selected field of study. The connection that exists between the student and field of studies, the relationship he/she establishes with, the ways of expression about its requirements, performance and continuity of achievement and success in his/her field of study, etc. constitute some of the students' motivational resources. This article brings a demonstration of this approach in the Albanian reality showing us data derived from empirical and research work realised in Albanian universities. With the extract from a research during several years in the framework of a doctoral dissertation in the field of psychology, the paper aims to present the role that has the selected field of study in the level of motivation at the students involved champion. The focus of this paper are students of public Albanian universities such as, Tirana University, "Aleksander Moisiu" University in Durres and the University "Luigi Gurakuqi" in Shkodra. To have a pretense of study fields as well as the social and scientific direction, the selected fields are: Psychology, Social Work, Economics and History, in each of the aforementioned universities. The data derived through the use and processing of data using scientific research programs and special facts will show us about fields of study that Albanian students have chosen, their level of motivation, what is the motivation of their connection with the field of study, the impact that social or scientific orientation has in student motivation part of our champion, etc.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2015.v4n2s2p295