An International Comparative Study on the Role of Parents for High School Student's Career Pathways from High School to College

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23653268
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: KOCHI HIDEAKI 広島大学, 入学センター, 教授 (70403508)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAGATA Junichi 広島大学, 入学センター, 准教授 (70330959) ; SUGIHARA Toshihiko 広島大学, 入学センター, 教授 (00379851)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 高校生の進路選択 / 高校生の進路と保護者の役割 / 高大接続

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The role of parents of high school students in the processes for them to select which fields of study in university and which universities they would apply is a very interesting research subject not only in Japan but also in many countries. In this study, questionnaire and interview with students, parents, teachers, and other related persons had been carried out in 4 regions in 4 different countries (Japan, U.S., Australia, and Korea). We found that each country’s students have similar anxiety to their future career, and, on the hands, their parent’s role to affect in their children’s selection process to universities and colleges are different among different countries.

Free Research Field

教育社会学