From childhood to adolescence, young people are enrolled in various public or private forms of educational arrangements outside regular school lessons. These activities can be summarized by the term extended education. The volume provides an overview of extended education in multiple nations around the world. Different models, policies, methods, and research findings are discussed from an international point of view.

Prof Dr Sang Hoon Bae is a professor at the Department of Education, Sungkyunkwan University Seoul, South Korea. Prof Dr Joseph L. Mahoney is an assistant professor at the Department of Human Behavior, Justice and Diversity, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, USA. Prof Dr Sabine Maschke is a professor at the Department of Education, University of Marburg, Germany. Prof Dr Ludwig Stecher is a professor at the Department of Education, University of Giessen, Germany.