This document discusses motivation and learning. Part one covers psychological understandings of motivation including effectance motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and how motivation relates to educational contexts. Part two identifies motivations to learn through a case study, discusses interventions for increasing teacher expectations and divergent thinking, and how to create motivating seminars. The document emphasizes that motivation is specific to activities, learning is more motivated when contextualized, and both teacher expectations and developing identities as learners can impact motivation.