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Facilitating Youth's Curiosity in Learning: Needs-based Ecological Examinations
Haoyan Huang1, Xin Tang2,3, Katariina Salmela-Aro1
1Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
|January 6, 2024
Summary
Supporting competence and relatedness, not autonomy, boosts youth curiosity. Positive teacher relationships aid older students, while belonging is key for younger ones.
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Environmental Psychology
Background:
- Adolescent curiosity decline is a growing educational concern.
- Understanding environmental factors promoting curiosity is crucial for development.
- A needs-based ecological perspective informs the study of curiosity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify key family and school environmental factors fostering curiosity in adolescents.
- To compare factors promoting curiosity in 10-year-olds versus 15-year-olds.
- To examine the role of basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, relatedness) in curiosity.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from 5482 Finnish students (10 and 15-year-olds) from the OECD Survey on Social-emotional Skills.
- Assessed family and school factors linked to basic psychological needs via surveys.
- Employed Hierarchical Linear Modeling to analyze the data.
Main Results:
- Factors supporting competence and relatedness were more influential for curiosity than autonomy support.
- Positive teacher relationships benefited curiosity more in older adolescents (15-year-olds).
- A sense of school belonging was the most significant factor for younger adolescents' (10-year-olds) curiosity.
Conclusions:
- Curiosity development is influenced by specific environmental supports related to psychological needs.
- Interventions to foster curiosity should consider age-specific factors, emphasizing relatedness and belonging for younger students and teacher relationships for older ones.
- Findings offer insights for educational strategies to enhance curiosity across different developmental stages.
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