Theorizing Shadow Education and Academic Success in East Asia Understanding the Meaning Value and Use of Shadow Education by East Asian Students

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This volume tackles perceived myths surrounding the academic excellence of East Asian students and moves beyond Western understanding to offer in-depth analysis of the crucial role that shadow education plays in students’ academic success. Featuring a broad range of contributions from countries including Japan China Taiwan and Singapore chapters draw on rich qualitative research to place in the foreground the lived experiences of students teachers and parents in East Asian countries. In doing so the text provides indigenous insights into the uses values and meanings of shadow education and highlights unknown cultural and regional aspects as well as related phenomena including trans-boundary learning culture nomadic learning individualized learning and the post-schooling era. Ultimately challenging the previously dominating Western perspective on shadow education the volume offers innovative theorization to highlight shadow education as a phenomenon which cannot be overlooked in broader discussion of East Asian educational performance systems and policy. Offering pioneering insights into the growing phenomenon of shadow education this text will benefit researchers academics and educators with an interest in international and comparative education curriculum studies and East Asian educational practices and policy. Those interested in the sociology of education and educational policy will also benefit from this book. | Theorizing Shadow Education and Academic Success in East Asia Understanding the Meaning Value and Use of Shadow Education by East Asian Students