ERIC Number: EJ1045704
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Dec
Pages: 11
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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.
Descriptors: Track System (Education), College Attendance, Majors (Students), College Choice, Foreign Countries, Career Choice, Institutional Characteristics, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Fathers, Educational Background, Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, High Schools, Parent Child Relationship
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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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