한국 중등학생의 행복도 및 진로 인식 분석 연구

초록

Policy formulation and implementation related to students happiness and career guidance are gaining national attention, since President Park’s government was launched in 2013. In order for such policies as ‘free learning semester’ and ‘physical education’ to be successful, it is important to identify key target groups. Recognizing the importance of this matter, this paper seeks to analyze the perception of Korean secondary school students on happiness and career guidance to reveal the differences of sub-groups. Two research questions are posed. First, what is the level of happiness perceived by secondary school students and do their perception levels differ based on their background variables? Second, what is the level of career guidance perceived by secondary school students and do their perception levels differ based on their background variables? Using the data collected by the Korean Educational Development Institute, we conducted descriptive statistics and t-test. The results of analysis are as below. First, the level of secondary students’ perception on their happiness is moderately higher than average. However, the happiness level of female students, high school students and students enrolling in vocational schools was lower than their counterpart. Second, students did recognize the importance of career education; however, their preparation behavior was far from satisfactory, especially among middle school students. Based on the results of the study, we draw some policy implications to strengthen education for happiness and career guidance.

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