Better learning in the outdoors? Social, motivational and health-related aspects in Education Outside the Classroom.

Autor/in	Ellinger, Jan Leonard
Titel	Better learning in the outdoors? Social, motivational and health-related aspects in Education Outside the Classroom.
Quelle	München: Universitätsbibliothek der TU München (2023), 101 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit Dissertation, Technische Universität München, 2023.
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
URN	urn:nbn:de:bvb:91-diss-20231103-1707405-1-6
Schlagwörter	Unterrichtsmethode; Dissertation; Alternative Bildungsarbeit
Abstract	There can be no doubt that the childhood and adolescence of recent generations is different from that of earlier generations. A variety of factors are at play, and it seems a valid conclusion that overall challenges are increasing. These can be seen directly, for example, in the increasing deterioration in the mental health situation of children and adolescents and their subjective future prospects. The school, as possibly the central setting for this age group, has a special role to play here. It therefore seems necessary to develop intervention concepts that address these health-related problems and at the same time are suitable for long-term implementation in schools. Accordingly, these concepts should also meet the basic criteria of a suitable future oriented school concept - e.g. with regard to methodical-didactic principles and the addressing of 21st century skills. A concept that may be able to combine several topics (proper use of methodical-didactic teaching principles, forcing the teaching and experience of future-oriented 21st century skills, providing an appropriate environment regarding a healthy development) is Education Outside the Classroom (EOtC). EOtC is characterized by curriculum-compliant lessons that are regularly moved out of the classroom into the outdoors and has a particularly wide distribution in Scandinavia. In this dissertation, a total of 66 students in four fifth grades (one of which regularly conducts EOtC) at the same school in Germany were assessed for their health-related quality of life (HRQoL), self-determined learning motivation, basic psychological need satisfaction, social interaction, and friendship networks and compared over time. Statistical analysis using linear mixed models and social network analysis revealed on the one hand an improved self-determined motivation to learn, as already evident in previous studies from other countries. At the same time, the results do not confirm the presumptions of positive associations of EOtC and HRQoL and social interaction. Some reasonable explanations can be found, but the results clearly underline the need for additional research in the coming years. The statistical results and their interpretation, suggest that in countries like Germany, where the concept of EOtC has been implemented comparatively rarely so far, numerous steps are still needed to fully exploit the social, motivational and health-related potential of the concept. Primary among these is the investigation of correlations between motivational regulation, cooperative learning and 21st century skills by combining qualitative and quantitative approaches in single analyses. Furthermore, especially in the case of research on such a societal topic, close cooperation with practitioners and politicians seems to be urgently recommended. (übernommen).
Erfasst von	Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2024/1