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Šťastný, Vít; Kobakhidze, Magda Nutsa

doi:10.14712/23363177.2020.17

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“…Pods are another example of the shifting responsibilities of parents, and they deserve scholarly attention. Shadow education research has yet to speak out about pandemic pods and related tutoring practices, such as Zutors (Zoom tutors), but there may be emerging research on this new phenomenon that requires time for data analysis and publishing (Šťastný & Kobakhidze, 2020).…”

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“…Shadow education research has grown at an incredible pace in recent years and expanded both qualitatively, by improving methodologies and investigating more in-depth issues, and quantitatively, in terms of published outputs (Hajar & Karakus, 2022;Kobakhidze & Suter, 2020;Šťastný & Kobakhidze, 2020;Zhang & Bray, 2020). This article's update of theoretical considerations and its summary of current knowledge should be a valuable contribution to the field.…”

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Theoretical Perspectives on the Role of Parents in Shadow Education

Kobakhidze¹,

Šťastný²

2023

Studia paedagogica

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Scholarly interest in the topic of shadow education has increased in the past three decades, as evidenced by the number of publications in education journals. Alongside teachers, students, and tutors, shadow education scholars have considered parents as key actors and have explored their role using different theories. The purpose of this article is to investigate the existing literature on parental perspectives of shadow education and to identify several commonalities and differences among these perspectives. More specifically, this review includes theories about parents' socioeconomic backgrounds and parental decision making. We found that the commonly used concepts about parental backgrounds stem from Bourdieusian theories of social capital, class, and socioeconomic background. Decision-making theories are most frequently borrowed from economics (e.g., rational choice theory and consumer theory) and from psychology (e.g., Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of human development). This article considers existing theories employed in the study of parental perspectives of shadow education that are currently at the forefront of this field, but it also identifies gaps. The article concludes with a suggestion of topics and perspectives for future research related both to new forms of parental involvement and to more conventional aspects of understanding parents that have been largely overlooked by shadow education scholars.

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Theoretical Perspectives on the Role of Parents in Shadow Education

Kobakhidze¹,

Šťastný²

2023

Studia paedagogica

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“…Private tutoring also improves student examination scores, revision skills, confidence, learning strategies, and complements mainstream education (Bray, 2013;Kawedhar et al, 2020). It also improves equity in education (Šťastný, 2022;Šťastný & Kobakhidze, 2020) and provides avenues for parents to prepare their children for mainstream education, serving as avenues to intensify educational competition (Bray, 2021;Jansen et al, 2023;Zhang, 2020). In other studies (e.g., Zhang & Bray, 2017), private tutoring provides an avenue for high achievers to maintain their advantage over low achievers.…”

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Exploring students’ perceptions of private mathematics tutoring in three countries

Shahrill,

Nurhasanah,

Ibrahim

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This descriptive quantitative study explored secondary school students’ reasons for receiving or not receiving private mathematics tutoring. It also explored the prevalent teaching methods private mathematics tutors use. A questionnaire was adapted to collect data from 1,309 Year 7 to Year 12 students (ages 11 to 17 years) in three countries: Brunei, Indonesia, and Iraq. The results highlight that students may receive private mathematics tutoring to pass national examinations and improve examination scores. Teachers also adapt to teaching approaches that enable students to achieve these teaching and learning goals. This study provides an initial understanding of the common reasons and teaching methods used in private mathetics tutoring across different contexts that prioritise high-stakes examination culture. The results provide implications for how private mathematics tutoring can be used to support effective teaching and learning compared to the high-stakes reasons it seems it promotes. The results also accentuate the need for families and other stakeholders to reconsider private mathematics tutoring as an opportunity to remediate the challenges students encounter in their normal classroom instruction to improve student learning.

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The Dynamics of Private Tutoring and the English Language in Bangladesh

Hamid

Mahmud

2023

International Perspectives on English Private Tutoring

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Editorial

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Theoretical Perspectives on the Role of Parents in Shadow Education

Theoretical Perspectives on the Role of Parents in Shadow Education

Exploring students’ perceptions of private mathematics tutoring in three countries

The Dynamics of Private Tutoring and the English Language in Bangladesh

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