Hvor kommer jeg fra Concordia Language Villages BA

Hvor kommer jeg fra? • Concordia Language Villages • * • BA summa cum laude, English, Augsburg College, MN • * • Ph. D, Educational Psychology Learning, Cognition and Instruction, University of Texas at Austin, TX • * • Norsk voksenpedagogisk forskningsinstitutt (NVI), Trondheim • Psykologiseksjonen og IPS ved Universitetet i Tromsø

Forskningsområder • Learning – Language comprehension – Second language learning – Learning strategies – Motivation in context – Assessment (and learning) in higher education – Peace studies • Children as researchers

Underliggende temaer • Transformation – Language – Identity – Stretching beyond one’s believed capacities – Responsible global citizenship

Underliggende temaer • Transformation – Language – Identity – Stretching beyond one’s believed capacities – Responsible global citizenship – Learning to care

Empiriske muligheter • Life in the High North – Stealth tourism – Sleep and work • Concordia Language Villages • Teaching and training materials

Interest

Source of Interest Individual

Source of Interest Individual Situational

Source of Interest Situational Individual Text

Interest Enhancers Situational Individual Text Cognitive

Interest Enhancers Situational Individual Text Emotional Cognitive

Interest Enhancers Situational Individual Tourism Emotional Cognitive

Interest Enhancers Situational Individual CLV Emotional Cognitive

4 -Phase Model of Interest Development IV. Well-developed individual interests • External support • Affect • Task • Cognitive engagement III. Emerging individual interests II. Maintained situational interest (Hold) (Catch) I. Triggered situational interest Hidi & Renninger, 2006

SITUATIONAL Interest and Cognitive Performance • Narrows inferencing • Focuses attention • Enables integration of information with prior knowledge • Enhances levels of learning

INDIVIDUAL Interests and Cognitive Performance • • • Attention Recognition Recall Persistence and effort Academic motivation Levels of learning

Interestingness

Interestingness Unusual things are more interesting than usual ones Noise Ill effects from eating Power Sex Money Romance Disease Destruction Chaos Danger Ambiguity Uncertainty Incongruity Vividness Tragedy Enigma/Mystery Suspense Surprise Something personally related Death The more intense the better

11. No man’s land 3. European whale hunting 4. The Pomors Polar bear (The tundra) 6. Space for self-discovery 2. New land 1. Life conditions 7. Hunting trapping 5. The tundra 8. Geology and mining 10. Modern times 9. Migratory birds

The Tundra (and polar bear) Hunting and Trapping Geology and Mining

Cognition and Affect Cognitive Measures (SIQ) Affective Measures (BETT) • Ease of comprehension • Coherence • Vividness • Engagement • Emotiveness • Prior knowledge • • • Pleasure Engagement Interest Anger Fear Sadness

Correlations between the total cognitive (SIQ) and affective (BETT) ratings of the exhibits participants found most fascinating Cognitive Measures (SIQ, range 1 -5) Affective Measures (BETT, range 1 -7) Ease of comprehension (4. 20, . 35) Coherence (4. 24, . 46) Vividness (3. 94, . 69) Engagement (3. 74, . 60) Emotiveness (2. 00, . 75) Prior knowledge (2. 56, . 99) Pleasure (2. 93, 1. 01) -. 15 . 11 . 18 . 05 . 33 . 46* Engagement (3. 88, 1. 30) . 01 . 34 . 49* . 27 . 12 . 33 Interest (3. 91, . 93) . 56** . 15 . 65** . 48* . 09 -. 23 Anger (2. 47, 1. 42) . 26 -. 15 . 48* . 21 . 37 -. 30 Fear (2. 16, 1. 25) . 28 . 08 . 74* . 50* . 09 -. 23 Sadness (2. 89, 1. 19) . 27 . 23 . 41 . 26 . 25 . 06

Overall (Inter)Correlations One week later (T 1) Five months later (T 2). 75*** Interest. 53* . 65** . 86***. 67** Importance . 76*** Importance

Tundra (Inter)Correlations One week later (T 1) Five months later (T 2) Interest . 73*** . 68** Importance . 53*

Hunting and Trapping (Inter)Correlations One week later (T 1) Five months later (T 2) Interest . 49* Importance . 83*** . 60* Importance

Geology and Mining (Inter)Correlations One week later (T 1) Five months later (T 2) Interest. 55* . 52* . 68**. 61* Importance

• Interest development (for something worth caring about) • Interestingness (understanding and using it to arouse situational interest) • Concrete experiences • Cognitive and affective patterns • Impact over time