overschooling
Too much teaching
Overschooling is excessive or prolonged formal education beyond what's useful or appropriate.
The term suggests diminishing returns—more schooling doesn't always mean better outcomes: Critics argue that overschooling creates credentialed workers who lack practical skills.
It can also mean subjecting someone to too much instruction or academic pressure: The overschooling of young children leaves no time for free play.
Excessive pedagogical effort
- academic pressureStrain from educational demands
- test prepStudying for major exams
- extracurricularsNon-academic school pursuits
- tiger parentingStrict, demanding parenting style
academic burnout · college prep · overachievement · helicopter parenting · gifted programs · competition · perfectionism
Persistent apprehensive distress
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
- childhood obesityExcess weight in youth
- sleep deprivationInadequate rest condition
depression · perfectionism · self-esteem · intrinsic motivation · resilience
Rising educational requirements
- degree requirementsStandards for earning diploma
- student debtBorrowed tuition funds owed
- overqualificationExceeding job requirements
- underemploymentInsufficient use of labor capacity
job market · human capital · tuition costs · opportunity cost · diminishing returns · apprenticeship · trade skills
Identical assessments across populations
- No Child Left Behind2001 federal education law
- teaching to testInstruction aimed at assessments
- seat timeTime in attendance
- compulsory attendanceRequired participation by rule
truancy laws · grade levels · zero tolerance · credentialism · deschooling · unschooling · alternative education · Montessori
overteaching
Excessive pedagogical effort
- academic pressureStrain from educational demands
- test prepStudying for major exams
- extracurricularsNon-academic school pursuits
tiger parenting · academic burnout · college prep · overachievement · helicopter parenting · gifted programs · competition · perfectionism
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
- childhood obesityExcess weight in youth
sleep deprivation · depression · perfectionism · self-esteem · intrinsic motivation · resilience
credential inflation
Rising educational requirements
- degree requirementsStandards for earning diploma
- student debtBorrowed tuition funds owed
- overqualificationExceeding job requirements
underemployment · job market · human capital · tuition costs · opportunity cost · diminishing returns · apprenticeship · trade skills
standardized testing
Identical assessments across populations
- No Child Left Behind2001 federal education law
- teaching to testInstruction aimed at assessments
- seat timeTime in attendance
compulsory attendance · truancy laws · grade levels · zero tolerance · credentialism · deschooling · unschooling · alternative education · Montessori · Waldorf
overschoolingunschooling
Self-directed home education
deschooling · illiteracy · school dropout · truancy · benign neglect
school, schools, schooled, schooling, scholar, scholars, scholarly, scholarship, scholarships