Syllabus

Shadow education has been a global phenomenon over the past years. East Asia is one of the regions where shadow education is deeply rooted and widely influenced by social, economic and cultural development. The primary objective of this course is to investigate patterns, nature, and impact of shadow education in East Asian societies.
   The course includes four parts. It starts with the introduction of shadow education, reasons for shadow education, impact of shadow education and policy responses to the rise of shadow education in general. Also, it gives specific focus on shadow education in East Asia. In the 2nd part, it provides knowledge and skills of fieldwork, such as research proposal writing, interview methods, and research ethics. Group fieldwork on shadow education will be conducted in the 3rd part. In the last part, participants are required to submit a final group report of the fieldwork.