Comparing the effectiveness of cram school tutors and schoolteachers: A critical analysis of students’ perceptions

Yung, Kwh

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.102141

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“…The successes of students in mathematics were compared, 7,000 students were analyzed (12 and respondents considered tutors to be more effective in terms of training than regular school teachers. At the same time, our own data analysis shows a much more diverse picture [2]. In this study, it was demonstrated that classes with a tutor, regardless of the term, but always regular, lead to positive results when entering the university.…”

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“…The problem of the component composition of individual educational strategies is an actively discussed question, both in the Russian pedagogical Society andabroad. In recent years in this area of research the world scientific community has identified several components, each of which deserves separate and more detailed discussion [1,2]. The first and most obvious point is the question of students' self-identification, the problem of their professional self-determination and the choice of further professional development trajectory.…”

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Assessment of the Role of a Tutor in Implementation of Individual Educational Strategy of a University Applicant

Bogomolov¹,

Grinev²,

Berechikidze³

et al. 2020

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Background Nowadays the specialist program of medical profile is one of the most popular admission programs among university entrants. The study is aimed at assessment of the tutor's role in the implementation of the applicant's individual educational strategy basing on the example of preparation for the exam in biology for admission to a medical university. Methods The study is basing on the hypothesis that the tutor is an important, but not essential component of an individual educational strategy for entering a medical university. More than 100 first-year students of the Sechenov University took part in the questionnaire survey to implement the goals and objectives of the research. The survey results were analyzed using specialized statistical packages. Standard methods of descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, clustering methods were used. Results As a result various IES were identified and several features of the interconnection of the IES and the results of USE were studied.In the framework of this study, various educational strategies that are implemented by the student were identified and analyzed, including the students of schools participating in the program “Medical class in Moscow school” and “Sechenov Pre-university”, so, it gives an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of profile orientation within the biological profile and to extrapolate findings to similar programs of profile orientation of education in high school. Conclusions This study provides an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of a particular educational strategy and can help to choose the right path in preparation for admission to medical university. Trial registration Retrospectively registered.

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confidence: 99%

Assessment of the Role of a Tutor in Implementation of Individual Educational Strategy of a University Applicant

Bogomolov¹,

Grinev²,

Berechikidze³

et al. 2020

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“…The majority of respondents (5047 students) considered tutors to be more effective in terms of training than regular school teachers. At the same time, the performed data analysis shows a much more diverse picture (Yung, 2020). In this study, it was demonstrated that classes with a tutor, regardless of the term, but always regular, lead to positive results when entering the university.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 69%

“…The components' composition of individual educational strategies is an actively discussed question, both in the Russian pedagogical Society and abroad. In recent years in this area of research the world scientific community has identified several components, each of which deserves separate and more detailed discussion (Loyalka & Zakharov, 2016;Yung, 2020). The first and most obvious point is the question of students' self-identification, the problem of their professional self-determination and the choice of further professional development trajectory.…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessment of the Role of a Private Tutor in Individual Educational Approach of a University Applicant

Bogomolov¹,

Grinev²,

Berechikidze³

et al. 2021

INT J INSTRUCTION

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Every year a considerable number of high school graduates in Russia choose to pursue a career in medicine and apply to medical universities. However, the level of preliminary training of applicants is often insufficient to enrol in the preferred study programme. Private tutoring is often considered as a means to close the gap between the generally insufficient level of mainstream education and high entry requirements of medical universities. The study is based on the hypothesis that the tutor is an important, but not essential component of an individual educational strategy for entering a medical university. So, this paper aims to provide an analysis of the efficiency of private supplementary tuition by measuring its impact on the performance of students in the Unified State Exam (USE) in biology. Besides, the role of two educational programmes run by the Moscow government, namely, 'Medical class in Moscow school' and 'Sechenov Pre-University' is analyzed. More than 100 first-year students of Sechenov University took part in the questionnaire survey to implement the goals and objectives of the research. The survey results were analysed using Orange 3 statistical package. Standard methods of descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and clustering were used.

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“…Private supplementary tutoring, which costs families' extra fees, is widely called "shadow education" because its form is different compared to mainstream schooling. The metaphor of "shadow" is also available in several studies (Bray 2009;Entrich 2015;Mahmud 2018Mahmud , 2019Manzon and Areepattamannil 2014;Yip 2014;Yung 2020). This shadow education may consume too much of students' time and energy and lead to fatigue in school classes (Liu and Bray 2020, p. 2).…”

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Learning in the shadows: parents’ investments, family burden, and students’ workload in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mahmud

2021

Asia Pacific Educ. Rev.

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Privatization, marketization, investment, and competition of education have become a global phenomenon with significant implications. While research on demand and patterns of shadow education are increasingly available across the world, very little is known about the scope of parents' investments, family burden, and students' workload. This paper focuses on shadow education in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Shadow education is defined as fee-based private supplementary tutoring that replicates the official school system. The study conducted on shadow education uses an explanatory sequential mixed methods design with quantitative data from questionnaires of 354 participants, involving students and parents, and qualitative data from interviews of 24 participants, including students, parents, and teachers. The aim of this paper is to examine how parents' investments in their children's private tutoring create high expectations and competition that bring financial burden to families in a disadvantaged society. It addresses the experiences of students' workloads due to extra lessons of several subjects in a day, exam preparation pressure, and parents' and peer pressures in the desire not to lag behind. It shows how students deal with time shortages for workloads from extra lessons and deprive themselves of sports and social activities, which are part and parcel of being a mentally, emotionally, and physically healthy human being. The study draws on the theories of educational privatization, competition, investment, and capability approach, which are then associated with the research contexts of this paper.

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Comparing the effectiveness of cram school tutors and schoolteachers: A critical analysis of students’ perceptions

Cited by 30 publications

References 43 publications

Assessment of the Role of a Tutor in Implementation of Individual Educational Strategy of a University Applicant

Assessment of the Role of a Tutor in Implementation of Individual Educational Strategy of a University Applicant

Assessment of the Role of a Private Tutor in Individual Educational Approach of a University Applicant

Learning in the shadows: parents’ investments, family burden, and students’ workload in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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