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Taming the Wild Horse of Shadow Education: The Global Expansion of Private Tutoring and Regulatory Responses book cover

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Taming the Wild Horse of Shadow Education The Global Expansion of Private Tutoring and Regulatory Responses

By Wei Zhang Copyright 2023
170 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

170 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Zhang analyses the phenomenon of private supplementary tutoring from a global perspective. The expansion of such tutoring alongside schooling is among the striking global shifts since the turn of the century. In many countries over half of the relevant cohorts of children receive private tutoring, with that proportion in some locations exceeding 80%. The sector has far-reaching implications for... Read more
Introduction  Part I: A Global Framework  1. Conceptual Framework  2. What Needs to Be Regulated, Why and How?  Part II: Five Country Studies  3. Japan: Changing Dynamics of Regulation and Self-Regulation  4. China: Strong State Confronting Strong Market  5. India: Diversity in a Decentralised System  6. Egypt: Teachers as Tutors  7. Denmark: Students as Tutors  Part III: Conclusions  8. Learning from Comparing

Biography

Wei Zhang is a Professor in the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction (ICI) of East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, and the Executive Director of the Centre for International Research in Supplementary Tutoring (CIRIST). She is a member of China’s Ministry of Education expert committee on private tutoring, and director of the expert committee on materials for tutoring and lifelong education in Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. She is also an Honorary Professor at Aarhus University in Denmark. In 2020 she was a Fellow in UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report team. She obtained her doctorate from the University of Hong Kong, where she subsequently managed its Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC). She has published extensively in the domain of shadow education from an international comparative perspective, and has conducted fieldwork on the theme in Cambodia, Denmark, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Myanmar.

"Given the expansion of shadow education worldwide and the lack of literature in the field, this book is timely and makes important contributions to research and the development of education policies. The cases that illustrate the regulation of shadow education also lead to meaningful lessons, offering implications to other parts of the world. This book is a must-read for those who are interested in the topic of shadow education."

Kevin Wai Ho Yung, The Education University of Hong Kong

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