Comparative Study on Social class and Students' Adjustment to School

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730698
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: FURUTA Kazuhisa 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 准教授 (70571264)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 社会階層 / 学校環境 / 学校適応 / 進路選択

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examines relationship between social class, students’ adjustment to school and educational choice using data sets from “Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)”and surveys of Japanese high school students. We found that student background and school characteristics have effect on students’ adjustment into school. Gender gap in academic self-concepts is substantial and women have lower mathematics and science self-concepts than men after controlling for the test scores. And we confirmed there are substantial number of students who have negative attitudes toward daily life of school but expected to proceed to colleges and universities.

Free Research Field

社会科学