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...