Abstract
Questioning adolescents’ reported lack of interest in school, this study aims to present a more nuanced understanding than previously described of the role of school in adolescents’ interests in daily life. We scrutinized 7240 interest experiences reported by 44 adolescents using an experience sampling smartphone application inTin. Our analysis revealed that adolescents referred to school in their interest experiences in three ways, reporting interest in school, interest at school, and interest after school. Adolescents differed in the extent to which their interest experiences reflected these ways. One adolescent did not mention school in her interest experiences at all. We provide directions for adolescents’ interest research as well as educational practice, including for teachers to connect to adolescents’ interests.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 101643 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-12 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | International Journal of Educational Research |
| Volume | 104 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2020 |
Funding
I would like to express my gratitude to my co-authors, especially Larike Bronkhorst, who has thought along with me so intensively during the process of writing this paper. I would also like to thank all the participants in this study who I have come to know quite well during the extensive data collection period, and my research assistants Marian and Hanneke who have been a great support during the process of gathering the data.
Keywords
- Experience sampling method
- Interest experience
- Role of school