Marketising private tuition: Representations of tutors’ competence, entrepreneurial opportunities and service legitimation in home tutoring business manuals
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DOI: 10.1002/berj.3575
Abstract: Education researchers have explored the marketisation of schools resulting from neoliberal education policy, but little attention has been paid to supplementary education markets. Supplementary education services, such as private tuition, are delivered outside of school… read more here.
Keywords: tuition; tutoring; business; service ... See more keywords
Private tutoring when stakes are high: Insights from the transition from primary to secondary school in Germany
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2018.08.001
Abstract: Abstract Private supplementary tutoring is a widespread and controversial phenomenon. The pressure high-stakes exams put on students is often held responsible for high tutoring rates. Our study tested this hypothesis by using regional variance in… read more here.
Keywords: secondary school; primary secondary; private tutoring; transition primary ... See more keywords
In search of a school façade: Explaining the centrality of private tutoring among high-performing students in Egypt
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102384
Abstract: Abstract This article contributes to the debates about the priorities of education reform in Egypt and approaches to reducing the students’ reliance on private tutoring. It presents the results of five focus group discussions with… read more here.
Keywords: school ade; ade explaining; private tutoring; tutoring ... See more keywords
Spatializing a global education phenomenon: private tutoring and mobility theory in Cambodia
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DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2019.1610192
Abstract: ABSTRACT Along with the dramatic expansion of private tutoring around the world, a significant body of literature has been produced to understand this phenomenon. While many studies consider the issue of geographic location, the spatial… read more here.
Keywords: phenomenon; mobility theory; tutoring; private tutoring ... See more keywords
The marketization of educational resources and individual choice: Examining the heterogeneous treatment effect of private tutoring in middle schools
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DOI: 10.1177/2057150x231169449
Abstract: In recent decades, with the rapid marketization of educational resources in K–12 education, private tutoring has become extremely popular in China, yet the previous research has not yet reached a consensus on the impact of… read more here.
Keywords: effect; marketization educational; individual choice; tutoring ... See more keywords