International Developments in Research on Extended Education

Children participate in school- or community-based programs, forms of private tutoring or after-school activities such as art courses or academic clubs, or they attend extracurricular activities at all-day schools or leisure time centres. In as far as these activities and programmes focus on the social, emotional and academic development of children and young people and are pedagogically structured to make it easier for the participants to learn specific contents they can be summarized by the term extended education. The volume aims at three main aspects: Firstly, it explores major characteristics of extended education as an emerging research field, defines what this research field is (and is not), and points to areas/nations/regions where we know very little about extended education. Secondly, the volume provides a potential framework for future cross-national research (collaborative and comparative research) on extended education we are lacking so far. And thirdly, the volume sheds light on the national and international features of extended education and suggests future developments in this field of education. The volume focuses on childhood and adolescence (through secondary education, including college students), though some lifelong implications are discussed as well. It encompasses 18 articles which cover extended education in 12 different countries around the globe. From the Contents: Sang Hoon Bae, Sabine Maschke, & Ludwig Stecher Preface; Extended Education as an Emerging Research Field 1. Sang Hoon Bae Concepts, Models, and Research of Extended Education; 2. Stecher, L. Extended Education – Some Considerations on a Growing Research Field; Theoretical Perspectives 3.Nancy L. Deutsch, Joanna L. Williams, & Valerie Adams Bass Diversity in Extended Education in the United States; 4. Marianne Schuepbach Collaboration between different players in the field of extended education as an important aspect of educational quality and of professionalism; 5. Myung Suk Woo Extended Education from the Economics of Education Perspective; Methods in Research on Extended Education 5. Natalie Fischer, Christine Steiner, & Désirée Theis Analyzing Effects of Participation in Extracurricular Activities: How to Consider Dosage and Participation Profiles; 6. Kirstin Kerr & Alan Dyson Researching complex extended education initiatives in England: a design-based approach using Theory of Change; 7. Barton J. Hirsch Hard Outcomes for After-School Programs Case Studies8. Rollett, W., Lossen, K. & Holtappels, H.G. Students‘ composition in extracurricular courses on reading and natural sciences in German all-day schools: Another segregation effect in the German school system?; 9. Anna Klerfelt, Björn Haglund, Eva Kane, & Birgit Andersson Swedish school-age educare centres; 10.Scott Davies, Janice Aurini and Emily Milne Summer Learning: American, International and Longitudinal Studies; 11. Atara Sivan & Gertrude Po Kwan Siu Extended Education for Academic Performance: The case of Hong Kong; 12. Fuyuko Kanefuji Extended Education in Japan: Past, Present, and Future; 13. Kioh Jeong Theory and Evidence in Policy Development: Education Reform and Out-of-School Programs in Korea; 14. Roza A.Valeeva & Aydar M. Kalimullin After school education in Russia; Conclusions and Further Developments 15. Gil Noam & Bailey Triggs Expanded learning: A thought piece about terminology, typology, and transformation; 16. Authors