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Direct linkLiu, 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
Download full textTakeshita, Ryo; Imai, Moe – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
In recent times, the number of studies on non-cognitive skills has increased. Apart from using a score for noncognitive skills (gauged via a questionnaire), many of these investigations involve adult respondents who had already completed their educational careers at the time of the study in question. In this paper, using data on Japanese students,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics, High School Students, College Attendance
Lassegard, James P. – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2013
The number of students going abroad for study purposes continues to grow exponentially, even despite the global economic downturns of recent years. One exception is Japan, where the number of students going overseas has continued to decline since the mid-2000s. This paper first explores various explanations for the persistent decline in Japanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, International Education, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedLeTendre, Gerald K. – Sociology of Education, 1996
Analyzes the decision making process used by Japanese middle school students and their parents for choosing a high school. Reveals that these decisions are highly affected by placement counseling. This process defines the students' choices, inculcates values, and offers sets of rationales for students to account for their decisions. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Admission (School), Age Grade Placement, Decision Making
Bowman, Mary Jean; And Others – 1970
This five-volume report presents detailed procedures and findings of research on Japanese high school seniors, their choice of courses, educational and career expectations and preferences, and the extent to which these attitudes conform to relationships in Japanese labor markets. In an analysis of the transition from secondary school to college or…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Comparative Education, Decision Making, Developed Nations
LeTendre, Gerald K. – 1993
This article reviews the existing anthropological and sociological evidence on school choice and educational stratification in Japan. Traditional linear models developed in the West have given little insight into how stratification processes actually occur. There must be analysis of the institutional linkages and organizational cultures of schools…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Decision Making, Educational Attainment, Educational Environment
