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Shadow Education as Worldwide Learning Discourse

Post-Schooling and Reconceptualization
Young Chun Kim, Jung-Hoon Jung, Jae-Seong Jo

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The global phenomenon of shadow education—private tutoring—is transforming learning worldwide. This book reveals how its innovative strategies, like personalized instruction, can improve mainstream schools, offering insights for understanding learning beyond formal boundaries.

This groundbreaking book explores the growing global phenomenon of private supplementary tutoring—commonly known as shadow education—and positions it as a central topic within contemporary learning…
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This groundbreaking book explores the growing global phenomenon of private supplementary tutoring—commonly known as shadow education—and positions it as a central topic within contemporary learning research. Historically overlooked, shadow education has a significant influence on student achievement, learning culture, and the future of education worldwide. Drawing upon detailed studies from South Korea and beyond, the authors highlight how shadow education transforms traditional learning landscapes, offering innovative strategies like personalized learning, accelerated instruction, and mastery-based curricula that can inform and improve mainstream educational practices. Targeted at educators, policymakers, curriculum theorists, and learning researchers, the book provides fresh theoretical insights and practical recommendations, emphasizing the need for new frameworks to understand learning beyond formal school boundaries. Accessible yet scholarly, this work is essential for anyone interested in educational innovation, equity, and global learning trends, offering critical guidance for enhancing learning quality in diverse settings worldwide.

Young Chun Kim is a Professor of Education at Chinju National University of Education, South Korea, specializing in curriculum theory, qualitative research, and multicultural education. He earned his PhD in Curriculum Theory and Qualitative Research from the Ohio State University, USA. Kim has published over 90 journal articles and authored or co-authored 60 books.

Jung-Hoon Jung is a Research Professor at Pusan National University, South Korea. His research areas include curriculum development and theorizing, postcolonial studies, teacher education, and qualitative research methodologies. He earned his PhD from the University of British Columbia, Canada. Jung has co-authored over 30 journal articles and 8 books. His research passionately explores the interplay of curriculum research, shadow education, and postcolonial narratives.

Jae-seong Jo is an Assistant Professor at Gwangju National University of Education, South Korea, with a PhD in Curriculum Studies from Hanyang University, South Korea. He specializes in qualitative research, particularly action research and narrative inquiry. His recent works tackle Korean educational strategies and teachers’ experiences in small schools.

Hardback

  • ISBN: 1-0364-6616-7
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-6616-9
  • Date of Publication: 2026-02-03

Ebook

  • ISBN: 1-0364-6617-5
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-6617-6
  • Date of Publication: 2026-02-03
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Subject Codes:

  • BIC: JNZ, JNT, HBTR
  • BISAC: EDU021000, EDU040000, EDU043000, EDU007000, EDU034000, EDU037000
  • THEMA: JNZ, JNT, NHTR
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  • "This groundbreaking book reimagines the boundaries of education by illuminating shadow education—private tutoring and supplemental learning—as a transformative force in global education. Through rich theoretical insights and diverse case studies, it challenges conventional paradigms and reveals how learning increasingly unfolds beyond formal classrooms. A must-read for educators, researchers, and policymakers, this book expands the discourse on learning to embrace its hybrid, dynamic, and evolving realities shaping student success in the 21st century."
    - Min Zhou, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  • "Many want to regulate shadow education as something that only intensifies credential competition and triggers grinding and exhausting cramming by rote. This book flips that script, seeing shadow education as an alternate venue for developing a variety of cognitive, social and cultural competencies. This re-assessment should help kickstart an original research agenda on non-school forms of learning."
    - Scott Davies, Canada Research Chair in Data, Equity and Policy in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada
  • "This book offers a much-needed cross-cultural examination of shadow education, illuminating how learning unfolds beyond formal schooling. Drawing on diverse international examples and exploring the role of technology in these, it insightfully discusses the transformative potential of shadow education in relation to academic achievement worldwide."
    - Achala Gupta, Associate Professor of Sociology of Education, Director of Internationalisation (research), Southampton Education School, University of Southampton, UK

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