ABSTRACT
Shadow education has become an international phenomenon from which increasingly more students seek help for their academic achievement. The positive relation between students’ academic achievement and their participation in shadow education has been reported. However, how shadow education practices help students with gaining and maintaining higher academic achievement remains under studied. This chapter explors the features of shadow education practices for the academic achievement of South Korean students. Using qualitative research methods, this study reveals four features of shadow education practices that explain how it helps Korean students’ learning. They include preview learning from/with private supplementary tutors, academic mastery learning of subject knowledge and skills, training skills for school exams, and solving students’ learning problems and difficulties through intensive coaching.
