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Article: The impact of shadow education on student academic achievement: Why the research is inconclusive and what can be done about it
Title | The impact of shadow education on student academic achievement: Why the research is inconclusive and what can be done about it |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Academic achievement Private tutoring Research methods Shadow education |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | Springer Netherlands. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.springer.com/education/journal/12564 |
Citation | Asia Pacific Education Review, 2014, v. 15 n. 3, p. 381-389 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Recent decades have brought global expansion of private supplementary tutoring, widely known as shadow education. Such tutoring consumes considerable resources and is usually viewed by participating households as an investment that will increase the recipients’ academic achievements. However, research on the effectiveness of tutoring has delivered inconclusive and even contradictory findings. Part of the reason lies in definitions and foci of research, since private supplementary tutoring may have many different formats, delivery mechanisms and intensities. As with other types of education, it is important also to investigate the qualities of the instructors and the motivations of the students. This creates a complex research arena, in which practical challenges arise from shortcomings in the instruments for securing data and limitations in methods for analyzing the data. This paper assesses the current state of the literature and makes recommendations for the future research agenda. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/203477 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.700 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Bray, TM | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-19T15:16:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-19T15:16:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Asia Pacific Education Review, 2014, v. 15 n. 3, p. 381-389 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1598-1037 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/203477 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Recent decades have brought global expansion of private supplementary tutoring, widely known as shadow education. Such tutoring consumes considerable resources and is usually viewed by participating households as an investment that will increase the recipients’ academic achievements. However, research on the effectiveness of tutoring has delivered inconclusive and even contradictory findings. Part of the reason lies in definitions and foci of research, since private supplementary tutoring may have many different formats, delivery mechanisms and intensities. As with other types of education, it is important also to investigate the qualities of the instructors and the motivations of the students. This creates a complex research arena, in which practical challenges arise from shortcomings in the instruments for securing data and limitations in methods for analyzing the data. This paper assesses the current state of the literature and makes recommendations for the future research agenda. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Springer Netherlands. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.springer.com/education/journal/12564 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Asia Pacific Education Review | en_US |
dc.rights | The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com | - |
dc.subject | Academic achievement | - |
dc.subject | Private tutoring | - |
dc.subject | Research methods | - |
dc.subject | Shadow education | - |
dc.title | The impact of shadow education on student academic achievement: Why the research is inconclusive and what can be done about it | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Bray, TM: mbray@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Bray, TM=rp00888 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s12564-014-9326-9 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84957442131 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 238388 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 15 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 381 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 389 | en_US |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1876-407X | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000340518100006 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1598-1037 | - |