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Baierl, Tessa-Marie ; Bogner, Franz X.:
How Should We Teach Nature Protection? Self-Determination and Environmental Attitudes.
In: Education Sciences.
Vol. 13
(2023)
Issue 4
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- 353.
ISSN 2227-7102
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13040353
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Project's official title Project's id Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung 01JA1901 Open Access Publizieren No information |
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Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
Abstract
Environmental attitudes are supportive for learning about the environment and for pro-environmental engagement. The question, then, is how to strengthen and establish environmental attitudes. Based on a sample of 429 middle and high school students, we investigated the effect of self-determination-based motivation on environmental attitude. While high levels of self-determination (i.e., intrinsic motivation) positively affected pro-environmental attitude (β = 0.40), low levels of self-determination (i.e., external regulation) negatively affected attitude (β = –0.31). Our data further pointed to a distinct trajectory of self-determination and inclusion of nature throughout adolescence (high scores for 12-year-olds that decline to a minimum around 15–16-years old); a trend that has already been shown for environmental attitude. Such a dip might help derive teaching recommendations in environmental education, e.g., by supporting high scores in time to attenuate a decline. Further teaching recommendations include strengthening students’ self-determination through their basic needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness).
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Keywords: | environmental attitude; motivation toward the environment; science motivation; self-determination; basic needs; autonomy; relatedness; competence |
| DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 370 Education 500 Science > 570 Life sciences, biology |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Former Professors > Chair Didactics of Biology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franz Xaver Bogner Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Former Professors |
| Language: | English |
| Originates at UBT: | Yes |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7592-9 |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2024 08:26 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2024 08:26 |
| URI: | https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/7592 |
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