Scoping review reveals mixed effects of the Double Reduction Policy on academic burnout among families in China, highlighting persistent challenges in parental involvement.
The importance of parental involvement has been well documented in academia. Since 2020, an emerging phenomenon known as “involution” has become a significant issue in China. This phenomenon refers to a situation where students and parents engage in additional academic activities that ultimately lead to academic stress and burnout for both students and parents. To alleviate academic burdens, the Chinese government has implemented the “Double Reduction Policy” since 2021. This study aims to investigate parental involvement and educational involution in contemporary China. This paper presents a scoping review of 28 peer-reviewed English-language journal articles published between 2004 and 2024. Data were retrieved from Scopus, Education Database, ERIC, and Google Scholar in August 2024. This study revealed two major themes: parents’ experience in children’s education; the educational involution and the Double Reduction Policy. Findings highlight the importance of parental involvement; reveal the mixed short-term effects of the Double Reduction Policy; and identify the knowledge gap on parental involvement in the context of educational involution, specifically under the Double Reduction Policy. This review contributes to a deeper understanding of Chinese parental involvement in the prevailing educational involution and offers new perspectives for future studies.
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