Emotional Experiences of Students in Achievement Tasks in an Outdoor Educational Setting

Jacob B, Markus S, Roth S, Eberle T (2013)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Original article

Publication year: 2013

Pages Range: 713-714

Event location: München

Abstract

The last decade brought new insights into emotions linked to achievement settings. They are related to students´ motivation, learning and performance, typically being experienced before, during, and after achievement situations. Emotions refer to the activity itself or the related outcome.

Achievement goals are competence-relevant aims for individuals and crucial for achievement motivation. Researchers distinguish them into mastery and performance goals. The first indicates the development of competence, the latter its demonstration. A further bifurcation into approach and avoidance tendencies of these two types of goals has been established.

So far quantitative research on these topics in outdoor education has been lacking.

Our study prospectively investigates the emotional experiences of school and outdoor educational interventions and the interactions with achievement goal orientations.

34 high school students (10^th grade) started in October 2012 on a six-month sailing tour across the Atlantic Ocean. They will answer three different versions of a questionnaire (before, during, after achievement) measuring state emotions (enjoyment, pride, shame, hope, hopelessness, anger, anxiety, and boredom) in different achievement settings: school pedagogical situations like “ordinary” lessons and tests, as well as outdoor educational tasks (like navigating the ship, autonomously organizing of field trips in Cuba or Panama, leading the group, climbing the rigging and mountains). Furthermore, approach and avoidance goal orientations (the latter as states and traits) will be assessed.

In all, 39 measurements per participant will be taken.

First results will be presented at the conference.

Authors with CRIS profile

Barbara Jacob Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik mit dem Schwerpunkt Schulentwicklungsforschung und Experiential Learning Stefan Markus Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik mit dem Schwerpunkt Schulentwicklungsforschung und Experiential Learning Sibylle Roth Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik mit dem Schwerpunkt Schulentwicklungsforschung und Experiential Learning Thomas Eberle Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik mit dem Schwerpunkt Schulentwicklungsforschung und Experiential Learning

How to cite

APA:

Jacob, B., Markus, S., Roth, S., & Eberle, T. (2013). Emotional Experiences of Students in Achievement Tasks in an Outdoor Educational Setting. In Proceedings of the 15th Biennial EARLI Conference (pp. 713-714). München, DE.

MLA:

Jacob, Barbara, et al. "Emotional Experiences of Students in Achievement Tasks in an Outdoor Educational Setting." Proceedings of the 15th Biennial EARLI Conference, München 2013. 713-714.

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