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Liu, Tongrui; Sato, Yuriko; Breaden, Jeremy – International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to compare Chinese students' educational and career trajectories in Japan and Australia and to explore the factors that have influenced their choices that shaped their trajectories. Design/methodology/approach: The authors applied the push-pull and life planning models to compare the factors that shaped the Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Academic Aspiration, Career Development
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Mori, Yoshiko; Calder, Toshiko M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
This study investigates the role of motivation and learner variables in bilingual vocabulary development among first language (L1) Japanese students attending hoshuukoo (i.e., supplementary academic schools for Japanese-speaking children) in the United States. One hundred sixteen high school students ages 15-18 from eight hoshuukoo completed…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Japanese, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Ikeda, Hideo – Comp Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Curriculum, Educational Attitudes
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Wong, Meng Ee – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2004
For a country such as Japan where higher education is historically and widely esteemed, the visually-impaired community's incongruous departure from the university route to a vocational one is considered in relation to post-school choices. The predominance of the "riryoka" vocation for the visually-impaired (VI) largely influences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Visual Impairments, Career Choice