Transformation of Students' World View and Interests

Abstract

This research examines the ‘worldview and interest change’ of students with their adapting to the higher education, which indicate a gap in knowing how personal, social and cognitive factors affect this change. The study is based on a qualitative design that integrates literature review, structured interviews, as well psychologies theory such as Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory А) to analyze motivational changes, and cognitive development. By the results from the research it shows that students’ encounter with a wide range of academic environments, modern technology and intercultural face-to-face interaction transform profoundly values, career objectives, and self- awareness. The findings indicate that worldview and interest development are changing, complex, highly interwoven with societal and educational governmental trends and policies. These findings suggest that institutions of higher education must integrate their teaching methods and curricula to students’ changing intellectual and individual maturation patterns in order to ensure more effective and more personalized forms of learning.