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Out of the Shadows: The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education
Janice Aurini
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Description for Out of the Shadows: The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education
Hardback. This book draws attention to supplementary education, which is growing in many parts of the world, but often goes unrecognized for what it is: a hidden form of privatized education. It provides 'big picture' analyses to comparatively explain the intensity, authority and policy contexts of supplementary education Editor(s): Aurini, Janice; Dierkes, Julian; Davies, Scott. Series: International Perspectives on Education and Society. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JNLP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
Supplementary education consists of private instruction that complements and sometimes 'shadows' formal school content. Providers range from informal and part-time tutors to highly institutionalized, multi-national corporate franchises. This phenomenon is growing worldwide and has many potential impacts on formal education systems. This volume is the first multi-national examination of this topic and includes 'big picture' analyses to comparatively explain the intensity, authority and policy contexts of supplementary education. Quantitative and qualitative case studies of countries with high and low intensity forms of supplementary education are detailed. The chapters aim to deepen comparative and interdisciplinary knowledge on the impact of these ... Read more
Supplementary education consists of private instruction that complements and sometimes 'shadows' formal school content. Providers range from informal and part-time tutors to highly institutionalized, multi-national corporate franchises. This phenomenon is growing worldwide and has many potential impacts on formal education systems. This volume is the first multi-national examination of this topic and includes 'big picture' analyses to comparatively explain the intensity, authority and policy contexts of supplementary education. Quantitative and qualitative case studies of countries with high and low intensity forms of supplementary education are detailed. The chapters aim to deepen comparative and interdisciplinary knowledge on the impact of these ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
International Perspectives on Education and Society
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781908167
SKU
V9781781908167
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Reviews for Out of the Shadows: The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education
Praise for Out of the Shadows: The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education, Volume 22 (Janice Aurini, Julian Dierkes and Scott Davies, Eds.): "This set of essays and methods for studying the phenomenon of supplementary education on a global basis can serve as an excellent research guide. In addition, it provides a reasonable sense of the movement of this form of ... Read more