KISHI MAKIKO    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Global Japanese Studies    Position   Professor
Language	Japanese
Publication Date	2017/03
Type	Academic Journal
Title	Career Development through University Seminar Activities, Analyzing a Graduates Life Story Interview
Contribution Type	Co-authored (first author)
Journal Type	Japan
Volume, Issue, Page	pp.1-22
Author and coauthor	KUBOTA Kenichi
Details	This research clarifies the relation between the career development of a graduate and her seminar experiences at university, this is done by analyzing the interviews of a woman ten years after her graduation. Since seminars involve a variety of activities, it is difficult to find a cause and effect relationship between the styles of seminar and career development.However, it is evident that seminar experiences, where students together engage in self directed learning, under a particular instructor in open ended learning environments over two years may have a strong impact on their career development. The authors employed Trajectory Equifinality Modeling based on the life story interviews of a graduate who became a dentist and worked at both her clinic and at an international NGO in Myanmar. TEM will illustrate how the graduates university seminar experiences influenced her to pursue her current careerTEM will illustrate how the graduates university seminar experiences influenced her to pursue her current career by focusing on her transformation timeline.