THE STUDY ON THE COMPONENTS OF HOLISTIC STUDENT DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER

Abstract

Abstract

The purposes of this research are 1) to study the components of holistic student development of higher education institutions and 2) to analyze these exploratory components of holistic student development of higher education institutions. The samples for this research consisted of eight experts from higher education institutions and one representative from a business firm employing graduates, who were interviewed to gather information on the components of holistic student development. Additionally, 400 students from higher education institutions in the academic year 2022 participated, selected through stratified random sampling. The research instruments included semi-structured interviews and an opinion survey questionnaire on the components of holistic student development of higher education institutions. The reliability coefficient, determined statistically, was .986.  Data analysis involved content analysis, average scores, standard deviation, exploratory component analysis using the Principal Component Analysis methodology, considering Eigen values, and component axis rotation using the Varimax Rotation methodology to identify the components of holistic student development of higher education institutions.             

The findings of the research revealed that: 1) Experts gave six aspects of the components of holistic student development: social development; emotional development; spiritual development; intellectual development; physical development; and the development of media technology, including social media literacy. 2) Students from higher education institutions agreed with the defined statements regarding holistic student development at a high level (M = 4.03, S = .803). Upon item consideration, the average scores ranged from 3.91 to 4.22, with standard deviations between .784 and .864, indicating consistently high agreement across all items. The opinion level is high for all items. 3) For exploratory component analysis, it was found that there were two components of holistic student development: the component of thinking skills, learning, and socialization development, and the component of physical, moral, emotional, technological, and innovative development.