著者

八木 晶子 齊藤 貴浩 牟田 博光

出版者

日本キャリア教育学会

雑誌

進路指導研究 : 日本進路指導学会研究紀要 : bulletin of the Japanese Society for Study of Career Guidance (ISSN:13433768)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.20, no.1, pp.1-8, 2000-05-31

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This study aims at identifying the relationship between high school students' motives for entering universities and the usefulness of information on those universities. The questionnaire survey was conducted in two high schools and the number of respondents was 1,937. The 21 items on the motives behind their decision to go to universities were factor-analyzed. Five factors were then extracted, that is, "social status", "favorite subject", "purposelessness", "enjoyment", and "specialties". Firstly, the factor scores were compared by sex, school and grade. Secondly, the relationship between the motive factors and the usefulness of information on universities was examined. Some of the major findings were as follows; 1) Male students consider "social status" as a more important motive to go to universities while female students aim at "favorite subject". These motives for entering universities were also affected by school and grade. 2) The usefulness of information on universities was influenced by motives for entering universities. Those who want to have "social status" considered cramming and preparatory schools as a more important information source, and those whose scores of "favorite subject" are high considered books and magazines as a more important information source. On the other hand, those who mark high score on the "purposelessness" were less likely to utilize any information that must be obtained actively.