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ERIC Number: EJ1045704
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Dec
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1598-1037
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The Effects of High School Track Choice on Students' Postsecondary Enrollment and Majors in South Korea
Shim, Woo-jeong; Paik, Sunhee
Asia Pacific Education Review, v15 n4 p573-583 Dec 2014
In South Korea, college-bound students are divided into two tracks: "Munka" (??) and "Yika" (??), and this tracking ("Munka-Yika" tracking; MY tracking) considerably influences students' choice of college majors and future careers. This study aims to examine how MY tracking and other factors influence students' postsecondary enrollment (2- or 4-year colleges) and college major choice (vocationally or academically oriented). The findings indicate that there was no significant effect of MY tracking on students' choice of a type of colleges, but the "Yika" students were more likely to study vocationally oriented majors more often than the "Munka" students. Male students had a higher probability of going to 4-year colleges and studying vocationally oriented majors than female students. Academic performance in high schools and fathers' education levels contributed to students' enrollment at 4-year colleges, and conversations with parents about academic or career plans influenced students choice of vocationally oriented majors.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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