Naslov
Personality, motives and learning environment as foundation of self-determined learning motivation

Autori
Müller, Florian H. ; Palekčić, Marko ; Beck, Matthias ; Wanninger, Sebastian

Izvornik
Review of Psychology (1330-6812) 13 (2006), 2; 73-84

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
motivation; higher education; learning environment; personality; motives to study

Sažetak
This study interrogates the question how personality, motives for studying and the perceived learning environment explain self-determined learning motivation in higher education. Previous research has predominantly focused on the interrelation between learning environment and self-determined motivation or on the outcomes of self-determined learning motivation. Whereas the question whether relatively stable personality dispositions preform self-determined learning motivation has been largely neglected. As a theoretical foundation of this study serve the differential psychology model, "the Big Five” model (Goldberg, 1999), as well as Deci and Ryan’ s (2002a) self-determination theory. In regression analyses, we examined the data of 724 students: their personality traits (Big Five), their study motives and their evaluation of the teaching-learning environment, focusing on how these aspects can predict forms of more or less self-determined learning motivation (cf. Deci & Ryan, 2002a). The results of the hierarchical regression analysis show that the personality dimensions conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness explain a large part of the variance of learning motivation and that the additional clarification of motives to study and the learning environments is significant.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

Napomena
Rad je nastao u okviru realizacije dva međunarodna projekta: Bedingungen tertiärer Bildungsprozesse im gesellschaftlichen Transformationsprozess. Eine kulturvergleichende Studie (laufend seit 2003). Florian Müller in Kooperation mit Prof. Dr. Johann Louw, Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town / Prof. Dr. Marko Palekcic, Universität Zagreb, Kroatien und Dr. Xiao Feng, Tongji Universität Shanghai, Universität für Wissenschaft und Technologie Harbin und Hunan (China) ; Florian Müller und Marko Palekčić : Studium und Interesse (Längsschnittstudie, laufend seit 2000)

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