Shadow Education and the Curriculum and Culture of Schooling in South Korea

• Main Author: Kim, Young Chun (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Curriculum Studies Worldwide
• Subjects: Education.; Ethnology > Asia.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational sociology.; Sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Ethnicity.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Asian Culture.; Sociology, general.; Sociology of Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Ethnicity Studies.

This book enables Western scholars and educators to recognize the roles and contributions of shadow education/hakwon education in an international context. The book allows readers to redefine the traditional and limited understanding of the background success behind Korean schooling and to expand th...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Preface
• 2. Prologue
• 3. PISA, Korean students' world-class achievements and Dark side of Korean schooling - 4. History of Shadow education in Korea
• 5. Types of hakwon education
• 6. Elementary School Years
• 7.Middle School Years
• 8. High School Years
• 9. Good and Bad Effects of hakwon education
• 10. Hakwon education as a Worldwide Curriculum Question
• 11. Conclusion: Questions without organs
• 12. Epilogue: Simulacra and Dangerous future. .