Understanding of Compendium Student Guidance Using Text Mining

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) published “Compendium Student Guidance - Seito Sidou Teiyou” in 2010. The compendium aims to activate student guidance and counseling in every primary and high school. However, reading and understanding this compendium is difficult for those unfamiliar with school teaching. Additionally, in December 2022, this text was substantially revised to reflect the increasingly complex and changing environment for students. This compendium is a frequent candidate for the teacher employment examination. Only seven months after the publication of the new edition, students will have to take a challenging exam. It takes time for university faculty to read complex documents and understand their moot points, and it is difficult to explain them in a way that is easy for students to understand. Therefore, this article analyzes the document using text-mining techniques with KH Coder software, SQL, and R language. In particular, it will discuss how to facilitate its understanding for university students taking the teacher employment selection examination.