The history of policy responses to shadow education in South Korea: Implications for the next cycle of policy responses

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-108

  Lee, Chong Jae ^a   Lee, Heesook ^b   Jang, Hyo Min ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Korean education; Private tutoring; Shadow education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949876182     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-009-9064-6     Document Type: Article

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