Career Paths Selection Support System Based on Relating Academic Fields and Career Paths after College Education in Japan

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K14088
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09070:Educational technology-related
• Research Institution: University of the Ryukyus
• Principal Investigator: Yoshida Nozomi 琉球大学, 大学評価IRマネジメントセンター, 講師 (10805964)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 大学の専攻分野 / 専攻分野と進路選択の関係性 / 学位に付記する専攻分野の名称 / 進路選択支援システム / 可視化 / 大学進学希望者 / キャリア教育 / 大学の専攻分野と進路選択の関係の変遷

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to find the effective way of career-path selection for high school students by (1) examining the relationship between academic fields and career paths after college education in Japan, and (2) developing the career paths selection support system based on the relationship. As a result, it shows that (1) studying a specialized area of profession has been related to employment in a specific occupation and industry, while studying an interdisciplinary major has been related to employment in a wide variety of occupations. In addition, through the analysis distribution of the ratio of sub-classification of specialized/technical jobs that national and local public university graduates choose. Based on the results of (1), in (2), using BI tools, we visualized the relationship between academic fields and career paths after college education, and developed the career paths selection support system.

Free Research Field

教育工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

平成3年の大学設置基準の大綱化以降、各大学が設計した教育課程の個別化に伴い学部・学科の名称が多様化し、大学進学希望者やその支援者にとって深刻な問題となっている。研究課題では、日本の大学の専攻分野と卒後の進路選択がどのような対応関係にあるかについて質的・量的な研究を試み、全体的な傾向を明らかにするとともに、大学の設置別に対応関係の特徴も可視化した。また、大学進学希望者やその支援者に対する効率的で効果的な進路選択支援する目的で、BIツールを用いて学問分野と卒後の進路状況の対応関係を可視化し、進路選択支援システムを開発した。