An Empirical Study of the Formation Mechanisms of Inter-School Career Gaps through the High School Process

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23310
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Teikyo University (2021-2022); The University of Tokyo (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: Yamaguchi Yasufumi 帝京大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 助教 (10846124)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 高校生の進路選択 / 進路選択過程 / パネルデータ分析 / インタビュー調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to answer the big question that how people are divided into different socioeconomic statuses through schools, this study has focused on the career choice process of high school students and has sought to elucidate the formation mechanism of inter-school differences in career paths throughout the high school process. Through secondary analysis of a panel survey that provides information from before high school entrance to graduation, and through the implementation and analysis of interviews with high school teachers, I have found that differences between schools, as well as those in career paths based on socioeconomic background (such as family economic and cultural status and gender) mediate . The study revealed that disparities in career paths arise based on socioeconomic backgrounds (e.g., family economic and cultural status and gender).

Free Research Field

教育社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、高校生の進路選択において、①性別や家庭背景などの属性的要因がどのような重要度合いをもって影響しているのか、②また進路選択時期の違いが卒業後進路をどう左右するのか、③社会観と進路希望ないしは決定進路はどのような関係性にあるのかを、今日までに明らかにしてきた。これらの知見は、学校現場でおこなわれる進路指導において、どのような属性や時期に留意して指導をおこなえば、卒業後進路における有利不利を生じさせにくいかを考える上で有用だと言える。加えて、高校生への進路指導やキャリア教育に関するこれまでの政策や教育改革の成否に対して、（直接的に成否を明らかにするものではないにせよ）一定の示唆を与える。