The effect of teacher support on basic needs and learning engagement in Taiwanese high school context

教師支持對學生需求滿足與學習投入之影響 - 以台灣地區高中學生為例 本研究之目的在探討在自我決定理論架構下，教師支持(teacher support)、心理需求(basic needs)，以及學習投入(learning engagement)三變項間的關係。本研究針對台灣地區共八所高中之高中學生為研究對象，進行問卷調查有效樣本為945人。針對研究工具進行探索性因素分析與驗證性因素分析，並以結構方程模式檢驗本研究之假設模式，研究結果如下。 教師支持與基本需求的關係方面，教師的自主支持(teacher autonomy support)可以顯著的預測能力需求的滿足與學習投入，此結果呈現了自主支持的教學在台灣地區高中情境的跨文化應用。其次，教師投入(teacher involvement)可顯著的預測關連性的需求滿足與學習投入，此結果說明了教師的關心與支持對高中學生的重要性。 再者，不同過去的研究結果，能力需求的滿足則負向的預測行為投入與情緒投入；此結果呈現了課堂情境因素的重要性，可能影響學生之上課投入情形的因素，包括教師的教學方法、教室目標結構，以及學生知覺課堂活動的挑戰性與重要性等。 最後，本研究也發現，教師支持中的結構（structure）對於自主需求(need of autonomy)有負向的影響，即學生對於自主的需求較高者，對於教師的結構性教學會有負向的回應，這也說明了學習者在需求滿足（我覺得）與需求（我想要）兩者上的差異。 本研究建議未來的研究進一步探討需求滿足與需求對於學習與教師知覺上的差異情形，並且針對教師結構之問卷進行本土化的概念建構，亦可進一步探討教師支持與需求滿足間的調節效果或針對這些變項進行長期的調查或課室觀察。The effect of Teacher Support on Basic Needs and Learning Engagement in Taiwanese high school context Abstract Based on self-determination theory, the relationships among teacher support, basic needs, and learning engagement were examined. With a total of nine hundred and forty five valid participants from eight Taiwanese high schools, structure equation modeling was used to explore the propose model. The main results of the present study are as follows: Teacher autonomy support was the most predictive variable in explaining both behavioral and emotional engagement, which indicated the cross-cultural application of autonomy-supportive teaching in high school context in a collectivistic country. Moreover, teacher involvement could significantly affect basic need of relatedness and learning engagement, which showed that teachers’ caring and understanding should not be ignored in high school context. Also, this study found the differences between need satisfaction and needs among learners, which leaded to distinct results in reacting to teaching behaviors. Additionally, different from previous studies, this study found that basic need of competence predicted negatively to learning engagement. The specific features of classroom goal structure or teaching methods in Taiwanese high school classrooms might be the plausible explanations