@article{KuehnBeckerHarpkeetal.2022, author = {K{\"u}hn, Elisabeth and Becker, Marc and Harpke, Alexander and K{\"u}hn, Ingolf and Kuhlicke, Christian and Schmitt, Thomas and Settele, Josef and Musche, Martin}, title = {The benefits of counting butterflies: recommendations for a successful citizen science project}, series = {Ecology and Society}, volume = {27}, journal = {Ecology and Society}, number = {2}, publisher = {Resilience Alliance}, address = {Wolfville}, issn = {1708-3087}, doi = {10.5751/ES-12861-270238}, pages = {39}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Citizen science (CS) projects, being popular across many fields of science, have recently also become a popular tool to collect biodiversity data. Although the benefits of such projects for science and policy making are well understood, relatively little is known about the benefits participants get from these projects as well as their personal backgrounds and motivations. Furthermore, very little is known about their expectations. We here examine these aspects, with the citizen science project "German Butterfly Monitoring" as an example. A questionnaire was sent to all participants of the project and the responses to the questionnaire indicated the following: center dot Most transect walkers do not have a professional background in this field, though they do have a high educational level, and are close to retirement, with a high number of females; center dot An important motivation to join the project is to preserve the natural environment and to contribute to scientific knowledge; center dot Participants benefit by enhancing their knowledge about butterflies and especially their ability to identify different species (taxonomic knowledge); center dot Participants do not have specific expectations regarding the project beyond proper management and coordination, but have an intrinsic sense of working for a greater good. The willingness to join a project is higher if the project contributes to the solution of a problem discussed in the media (here, insect decline). Based on our findings from the analysis of the questionnaire we can derive a set of recommendations for establishing a successful CS project. These include the importance of good communication, e.g., by explaining what the (scientific) purpose of the project is and what problems are to be solved with the help of the data collected in the project. The motivation to join a CS project is mostly intrinsic and CS is a good tool to engage people during difficult times such as the COVID-19 pandemic, giving participants the feeling of doing something useful.}, language = {en} } @article{Rheinberg2020, author = {Rheinberg, Falko}, title = {Intrinsic motivation and flow}, series = {Motivation Science}, volume = {6}, journal = {Motivation Science}, number = {3}, publisher = {American Psychological Association}, address = {Washington}, issn = {2333-8113}, doi = {10.1037/mot0000165}, pages = {199 -- 200}, year = {2020}, abstract = {From the beginning of his work as a researcher, Heinz Heckhausen was interested in activities that are performed for their own sake and not only for some rewarding consequences-later addressed with the term "intrinsic motivation." One of his conceptual contributions to this area was the systematization of the bewildering heterogeneity of differentiations between various concepts of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. In the conception, he himself preferred, intrinsic motivation could include incentives of actions outcome if the goal is thematically identical with the action. Doing so the per se goal directed achievement motivation could be understood as intrinsically motivated. This understanding of achievement motivation was productively utilized in educational psychology. His interest in intrinsic motivation stimulated research on activity specific incentives. One of these incentives is the total emergence with a smooth-running activity-an incentive Csikszentmihalyi had already described as "flow experience."}, language = {en} } @article{RubachLazarides2019, author = {Rubach, Charlott and Lazarides, Rebecca}, title = {Empirische Arbeit: Bedingungen und Auswirkungen des elterlichen Engagements im h{\"a}uslichen und schulischen Umfeld}, series = {Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht : Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Forschung und Praxis}, volume = {66}, journal = {Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht : Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Forschung und Praxis}, number = {2}, publisher = {Reinhardt}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, issn = {0342-183X}, doi = {10.2378/peu2019.art08d}, pages = {81 -- 100}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Ziel der Studie ist die Untersuchung der individuellen und schulbezogenen Bedingungen der elterlichen h{\"a}uslichen Unterst{\"u}tzung schulbezogener Lernprozesse von Sch{\"u}lerinnen und Sch{\"u}lern der Sekundarstufe I. Des Weiteren wurde untersucht, inwieweit diese Unterst{\"u}tzung mit der Ver{\"a}nderung der intrinsischen Motivation und des akademischen Selbstkonzeptes der Lernenden einhergeht. Der Beitrag zum Forschungsstand liegt neben der l{\"a}ngsschnittlichen Untersuchung in der Analyse m{\"o}glicher Moderatoren der Zusammenh{\"a}nge. F{\"u}r die Analysen wurden Fragebogendaten von n=157 Lernenden (MAlter=14.5) sowie deren Eltern genutzt. Als zentrales Ergebnis zeigt sich, dass Eltern ihre Kinder h{\"a}uslich unterst{\"u}tzen, wenn Eltern ihr eigenes Schulengagement als n{\"u}tzlich wahrnehmen. Die Unterst{\"u}tzung im h{\"a}uslichen Umfeld steht in positivem Zusammenhang zur Ver{\"a}nderung der intrinsischen Motivation. Sowohl die von Eltern wahrgenommene Kooperationsbereitschaft der Klassenlehrkraft als auch die Vielfalt des elterlichen Engagements im schulischen Umfeld moderieren den Zusammenhang zwischen h{\"a}uslicher Unterst{\"u}tzung durch Eltern und dem akademischen Selbstkonzept. Limitationen wie die Verzerrung der Elternstichprobe sowie praktische Implikationen werden diskutiert.}, language = {de} }