Daniel Pink has a presentaion on TED. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y about how we motivate humans to work.
Although he is speaking about business productivity, consider how his points could apply to education.  
Good grades mean more job opportunities, more scholarships, more personal fame, but does that system create thinkers.
I agree with him, nessesity produces results. Doing a task or skill for the joy of it, the purpose of it beyon just money is what humanity might be missing.


How might you incorporate autonomy, mastery, and purpose into your professional situation? 

  Personally, as a teacher I have set hours of teaching in the classroom, to help my time in the room, I seek information to ehnance that experience.  Finding things that will make it more interesting or real life for me and the students.  If an actitivity or resource makes sense I introduce it, the hope is that it will remembered and used when needed by the students.


Choose a particular area and identify a specific way you could increase motivation using Pink's ideas

As a teacher I try to have students choose the homework they wish to do to support the class unit. They have 2 weeks to get this done in, they can hand it in anytime before the due date.  I find that I get more at home applications of my subject with this Choice Work method of homework.