"It's Not about the Grades!" On Shadow Education in Denmark and How Parents Wish to Help Their Children Get Ahead

Autor/inn/en	Gravesen, David Thore; Mikkelsen, Sidse Hølvig
Titel	"It's Not about the Grades!" On Shadow Education in Denmark and How Parents Wish to Help Their Children Get Ahead
Quelle	In: International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 9 (2021) 2, S.268-279 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2196-3673
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Tutoring; Parent Participation; Stress Variables; Competition; Grades (Scholastic); Secondary Education; Child Rearing; Private Education; Parent Attitudes; Costs; Time; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Förderkonzept; Nachhilfeunterricht; Elternmitwirkung; Wettkampf; Notenspiegel; Sekundarbereich; Kindererziehung; Privatunterricht; Elternverhalten; Cost; Kosten; Zeit; Dänemark
Abstract	This article is about shadow education in Denmark. Based on qualitative interview data with families that purchase private supplementary tutoring, we analyse how this tutoring is related to child-rearing strategies in the families. With theoretical inspiration from Annette Lareau, we analyse the parents' involvement in their children's education as aspects of "concerted cultivation." With the concept "parentocracy," we shed light on the role parents' "wealth" and "wishes" play in their children's educational life. Finally, we look to contemporary educational youth research and the concept "performance culture," to address implications such as stress, pressure, competitiveness, and a strong focus on grades among students in Danish upper secondary education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01