The Development of Interests in the Transitional Age

Development of drivesDrives and interests and the development of skills and functions—The problem of the acquisition of new interests—The structural theory of interests: needs and quasi-needs—A criticism of the structural theory of interests—Two lines in the development of interests—The evolutionEvolution of interests in the transitional age—The study of phases in the transitional age—Characteristics of the negative phase of the transitional age from the aspect of the development of interests—The basic variants of the negative phase—The pedagogical significance of interests—The phases of cultural interest in the transitional age (Tumlirz)—The basic dominant underlying the basic interests of the transitional age—The theory of “serious playPlay” (Stern) and its critique.