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Demand for Private Supplementary Tutoring in China

Parents' Decision-Making

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Authors:
  1. Junyan Liu

    1. Faculty of Education, Institute of Curriculum and Instruction (ICI) and Centre for International Research in Supplementary Tutoring (CIRIST), East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China

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  • Equips readers with theoretical lenses to understand demand for private tutoring
  • Opens the black box of demand for private tutoring
  • Introduces implications for reducing burden of private tutoring and for improving school education

Part of the book series: Curriculum Reform and School Innovation in China (CRSIC)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Junyan Liu
    Pages 1-9

  3. Global Perspectives on Private Tutoring

    • Junyan Liu
    Pages 11-21

  4. Society and Education in China

    • Junyan Liu
    Pages 23-35

  5. Demand for Private Tutoring in China

    • Junyan Liu
    Pages 37-49

  6. Parents as Consumers of Private Tutoring

    • Junyan Liu
    Pages 51-67

  7. Evolving Microlevel Processes of Demand for Private Tutoring

    • Junyan Liu
    Pages 69-79

  8. Demand for Private Tutoring Among Parents of Different SES

    • Junyan Liu
    Pages 81-107

  9. Conclusions

    • Junyan Liu
    Pages 109-117
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About this book

This book combines the ideologies of parentocracy and consumer theory as theoretical lenses to view the private supplementary tutoring, also known as shadow education, with a focus on the demand at primary and lower secondary levels in China. It first explains parents’ motivations of seeking private tutoring and their decision-making dynamics, and then explores the evolving micro-level process of demand that has changed over time. It further investigates how demand for private tutoring varies across parental socioeconomic status. This book also discusses parents’ attitudes towards the Double Reduction policy and corresponding changes in their demand for tutoring. It concludes with some implications for regulating private tutoring and for improving school education. This book has pertinence in other countries as well as in China. Unpacking the demand for tutoring improves understanding of the global expansion and changing shapes of the phenomenon.

Researchers, educational policy-makers, teachers, tutors, consultants, and other educational practitioners interested in the topic of private tutoring will find this work thought-provoking, instructive and informative.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, Institute of Curriculum and Instruction (ICI) and Centre for International Research in Supplementary Tutoring (CIRIST), East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China

    Junyan Liu

About the author

Dr. LIU Junyan is an associate professor in the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction at East China Normal University. She got her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Peking University, and PhD from the University of Hong Kong in 2017. She has been studying the phenomenon of private tutoring since 2013. She has acted as the principal investigator for three research projects on private tutoring in China. She has also served as a key consultant for policy making at national and regional levels on how to regulate private tutoring.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Demand for Private Supplementary Tutoring in China

  • Book Subtitle: Parents' Decision-Making

  • Authors: Junyan Liu

  • Series Title: Curriculum Reform and School Innovation in China

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2202-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2201-7Published: 30 May 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2204-8Due: 30 June 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-2202-4Published: 29 May 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2523-7322

  • Series E-ISSN: 2523-7330

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 117

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Curriculum Studies, Education, general

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