Risk-taking behavior among high school students in South Korea

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUNGHYUN HAN ◽  
MINJA KIM CHOE ◽  
MYUNG-SUN LEE ◽  
SUN-HEE LEE
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
School Students ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior

scholarly journals The Determinants of the Transition in South Korea from Vocational and General High School to Higher Education, Including a Gender Comparison

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seonkyung Choi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
South Korea ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Multinomial Logit Model ◽  
Teacher Assessment ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Students

This study examines the factors determining whether vocational and general high school students in South Korea subsequently graduate from university and, if so, whether from 2-year or 4-year courses, for the first time using a gender lens. High-quality official data from the Korean Education and Employment Panel (KEEP) is used in a multinomial logit model. The results show that coming from a vocational high school (compared to a general high school) is negatively correlated with going to university, especially to 4-year university. Among general high school graduates, the most important determinant of attending a 4-year rather than a 2-year university is the teacher assessment of the student’s performance; father’s education and income have no effect for either males or females. The results also show that vocational high school graduates’ university choice is determined by a combination of individual characteristics, including being male, and by having been at a vocational high school, whereas the choice between 2-year and 4-year university depends negatively on father’s education for males but not for females and on father’s income and the number of siblings for both genders. The income and sibling findings suggest that a possible policy implication might be to provide financial support to vocational high school graduates to enable them to attend higher education and to offset the negative effect of low paternal income.

INFLUENCE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY RELATED SSI PROGRAM ON COMPETENCIES OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KOREA

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hae-Ae Seo ◽  
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Hye-Sook Lee ◽  
Soonok Kim ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
School Students ◽  
Inquiry Approach ◽  
Life Context ◽  
Key Competencies

The study aimed to examine how a nanotechnology related SSI program influences on key competencies of high school students in Korea. Results showed that some competencies were significantly increased, while ability to work collaboratively in a group was not. Inclusion of a real life context and inquiry approach were important and specific instructional strategies which can develop certain competencies effectively. Implications for teaching such programs can be further discussed. Keywords: socio-scientific issues, competencies, nanotechnology, South Korea.

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