The document discusses motivation and self-regulated learning in education. It provides definitions of education, learning, and the aims of higher education. It then covers various motivational constructs that influence self-regulated learning such as goal orientation, interest, self-efficacy, intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, task values, self-efficacy and outcome beliefs, future time perspective, volition, and causal attributions. It presents a cyclical view of motivation during self-regulated learning and discusses intervention studies and implications for instructional practice.