摘要：Shadow education has become a worldwide phenomenon. Kim and Jung suggest that many students and their parents no longer have blind faith in school teachers or public education in general (p. 164−165), and therefore, they rely less on teachers and seek help elsewhere. “We are living in an era of ‘posts’ […], postmodern schooling is a form of rejection of modern schooling and may lead to the death of traditional schooling” (p. 161). Shadow education (tutoring in academic subjects) offers a popular strategy commonly used by dissatisfied parents, and, thus, can be seen as an important space where students engage in educational activities and complement their learning experiences. In the book entitled Shadow Education as Worldwide Curriculum Studies the authors try to depict shadow education as a part of curriculum, by framing the term “shadow curriculum”. According to the authors, due to its growing popularity and influence on mainstream schooling, it is important to study shadow education from a curricular perspective.
