IPSJ 2023: Inhibiting and Facilitating Factors in the Career Decision-Making Process of Japanese High School Students

In 2022, we applied for a grant to investigate the situation of women in STEM in Japan and the Philippines. Unfortunately, it was not funded. However, we intend to try again, and with the leadership of Professor Yutaro Ohashi at Shibaura Institute of Technology, we had an output for this year's annual meeting of the Information Processing Society of Japan. Professor Ohashi fittingly made this presentation during Japan's Doll Festival.

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Title: Inhibiting and Facilitating Factors in the Career Decision-Making Process of Japanese High School Students

Authors: Yutaro Ohashi, May Kristine Jonson Carlon, Jeffrey S. Cross.

Venue: The 85th National Convention of Information Processing Society of Japan

Date: March 3, 2023

DOI: TBD

Abstract

In Japan, the low number of women pursuing science careers has become an issue, and various studies have been conducted on the factors that prevent girls from entering science careers. However, the process by which students make their own career decisions is complex, and this process has not been clarified. In this study, we conducted an online questionnaire survey of 107 male and 108 female high school students nationwide to investigate how high school students decide their career paths. The results revealed that the factors that promote and hinder career decisions differ between male and female students.