The development of higher education students' interest in their subject

The case of higher professional education in the Netherlands

Bibliographic Data

ID4098207
AuthorsIneke Van Der Veen (0000-0001-7837-7789, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author), Uulkje De Jong (University of Amsterdam), Marko Van Leeuwen (University of Amsterdam), Jaap Anne Korteweg (University of Amsterdam)
Year2005
Volume30
Issue3
Pages275-289
Publication date2005-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075070500095705
OpenAlexW2125087658
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited10

Higher education students’ interest in their subject has been found to clearly decrease during the first year of their studies in the Netherlands. This decrease is much smaller for students in the second year, and even turns into an increase in higher years. The loss of interest after enrolment in higher education has also been found in longitudinal data. The drop in interest in school is a well‐known phenomenon in secondary education. This study reported in this article investigated whether the explanations found in the secondary education research can be translated to the situation of students in higher professional education. The analyses were performed using structural equation modelling. It was found that the difference in interest in the subject directly after enrolment, and in the second year, can be explained by lower integration of students in the study environment, and by other aspects of life that interfere with studying and with the motivation to study

Demographic economics · Drop out · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology

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