Trajectories of middle school student development through free semester: impact of participation and satisfaction of career education programs in student development

Chu, Hui Jung; Krivet,; Kim, Min Seok

doi:10.22553/keas.2018.36.2.91

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“…Chu et al [10] utilized a DID method to estimate the impact of career experiences on middle school students' career maturity, using a stratified random sampling process. The findings revealed the statistically positive effects of career experiences on selfunderstanding, information exploration, attitudes toward occupations, career planning, and rational decision making.…”

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Investigating the Effects of Career Education Programs on High School Students’ Career Development Competencies in Korea

Kim,

Lee

2023

Sustainability

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The high school years represent a critical transitional phase during which students navigate career exploration and career decision-making, significantly shaping their lifelong personal development. Policy authorities in Korea have taken proactive measures to strengthen career education within high schools. However, the extent to which students benefit from participating in career education programs remains a subject of debate. Despite increasing interest in career education since the 2000s, empirical studies investigating the causal effects of these programs have been relatively scarce in Korea. The primary aim of this study is to causally estimate the effectiveness of career education programs offered by high schools, and examine how the impact of these activities varies based on the characteristics of participating students, particularly their career plans after high school graduation. To achieve this objective, DID and DDD models were employed, utilizing a balanced panel dataset spanning two years, from the ‘Korean Education & Employment Panel II’. The findings of this study revealed the significant positive impact of career education on high school students’ career development competencies. Notably, career clubs and career experience programs were identified as effective in enhancing students’ career development competencies. Furthermore, the effects of career club and job simulation varied depending on the students’ post-graduation plans. These results underscore the importance of optimizing the educational effectiveness of career education by emphasizing students’ firsthand experiences and considering individual students’ career plans when implementing career education programs.

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“…However, since the 2000s, substantial policy endeavors have been undertaken to bolster career education in the Republic of Korea [7]. With this, numerous researchers have vigorously examined the effect of career education, offering valuable policy implications to enhance its effectiveness [6,[8][9][10].…”

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Investigating the Effects of Career Education Programs on High School Students’ Career Development Competencies in Korea

Kim,

Lee

2023

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Analysis of the effects of the free semester system on academic achievement and career maturity

Choi

Moonyoung

2022

Policy Futures in Education

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In this study, we examined the longitudinal effect of the free semester system on middle school students’ academic achievement and career maturity using the Korean Education Longitudinal Study data, cohort 2013. We performed Difference-in-Difference (DiD) method to analyze whether the free semester system has effects on academic achievement and career maturity using the model moderated by parental academic support. We furthermore utilized quantile DiD method to examine whether the effects of the free semester system differ across the distribution of academic achievement and career maturity. As a result, we first found the significant positive effect of the free semester system on middle school students’ academic achievement and career maturity. Second, we found that parental academic support mediated its effects on math performance. Third, our findings indicate that the free semester system improves students’ academic achievement and career maturity, especially among students who performed to the bottom of its distribution. Based on these findings, practical implications and future research are discussed.

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Trajectories of middle school student development through free semester: impact of participation and satisfaction of career education programs in student development

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Investigating the Effects of Career Education Programs on High School Students’ Career Development Competencies in Korea

Investigating the Effects of Career Education Programs on High School Students’ Career Development Competencies in Korea

Analysis of the effects of the free semester system on academic achievement and career maturity

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