Research on how to support high school students in career guidance from an economic aspect

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02600
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09020:Sociology of education-related
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University of Education
• Principal Investigator: FUJIMORI Hiroaki 北海道教育大学, 大学院教育学研究科, 教授 (20553100)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 教育費負担 / 奨学金制度 / 進路指導 / 高校教育 / 高等教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused on the “information gap” in career guidance from an economic aspect in high schools, and aimed to clarify this problem from both school management and scholarship system. as the results of the study, (1) With regard to the scholarship system, the more students are aware of this information, the more likely they are to plan to go on to higher education institutions. (2) In the internal system of each high school, information provision tends to be more active when the career guidance department is involved, while it tends to stagnate when only administrative staff is involved. (iii) The workload and sense of burden by teachers and staff in applying for scholarships has reached its limit, and there is a need to improve the division of roles between macro and micro aspects and to reconsider the expertise of teachers.

Free Research Field

教育行政学，教育経営学，教育社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果は，教育経営学の理論にも留意し導いた成果という点で，学術的意義を持つ。すなわち，これまでの奨学金制度研究は教育行政学や教育社会学のどちらかに主眼を置いていた。だが本研究は奨学金制度の具現化において重要な役割を果たしている高等学校及びその担当者に着目した研究であったためである。また，研究成果は，実際に情報弱者となる生徒・保護者は誰なのか。そして，その原因を生んでいるシステム上の課題を示すことを試みた。これは奨学金制度の根本的かつ可視化が困難な潜在的な課題を明らかにしたという点で，社会的意義も持つものである。