著者

矢野 香

出版者

長崎大学教育開発推進機構

雑誌

長崎大学教育開発推進機構紀要 = Journal of the Office for Academic Education and Development Nagasaki University (ISSN:24362999)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, pp.1-13, 2022-03-01

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This study examined the factors that might influence whether university students had clear future career preferences. The same set of questions were asked to the first year students before and after the Introduction to Career course for comparison. In-person lectures (2019-20) and online lectures (2021-22) were also compared to examine whether they had the same effect. First, we examined whether or not the lectures had influence on students to have goals for their university life. The result indicated that both in-person and online lectures led more students to have such goals. Next, a multiple regression analysis was conducted to identify the factors that would influence whether students had clear future career preferences. The result indicated that, for both pre- and post-course comparison and lecture type comparison, the factors that corelated with the clarity of future career preferences were highly consistent. Specifically, “having a clear idea of which area of study to focus on” and “having specific goals in university life” were particularly significant factors. The study therefore suggested that students are likely to have clearer ideas about their future career preferences if the university curriculum links career education subjects with each department’s lectures and increases opportunities for new students to set specific goals for their university life.