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DEMAND FOR PRIVATE TUITION CLASSES UNDER THE FREE EDUCATION POLICY. EVIDENCE FROM SRI LANKA
, 2012 Private tuition is a growing phenomenon in Sri Lanka especially among students who prepare for competitive national school qualifying examinations. Private tuition classes are one of major education issues under the free education policy in Sri Lanka as ...
Pallegedara, A., Yamano, T.
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how online tutoring platforms (OTPs) have facilitated new forms of (im)mobility—and discourses of (im)mobility—among online English tutors. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with online tutors, the article critically interrogates OTPs' primary selling point: that online tutors can work “anytime, anywhere.” While OTPs ...
Nate Ming Curran
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, 2010 This study was designed to investigate the relationship between attending private tuition and demographic factors among secondary students. In addition, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between attending private tuition and ...
Mohd.Zain, Latifah
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Private tutoring—or shadow education—has received ample scholarly attention due to increasing demand from parents for reasons of social mobility in ESL/EFL contexts. Referred to as English private tutoring (EPT) for language learning purposes, this type of non‐formal education shares certain features of formal education like content and ...
Semih Ekin, Ali Anaç, Muhammet Öcel
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Caracteres: Estudios Culturales y Críticos de la Esfera Digital, 2017 Concessions are said to be a key aspect of English semantics because concessive constructions create a place for contrast, i.e. contradicting relations. Several studies have been carried out on this topic (i.e.
Jindřiška Kraťkova
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The Gender Imbalance in Participation in Canadian Universities (1977-2005) [PDF]
More females than males have been attending Canadian universities over the past decade and this gender imbalance in university participation has been increasing.
Louis N. Christofides +2 more
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Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding innovation policy is pivotal to enhancing national competitiveness for global value chain. This research investigates an SME‐Inclusive public‐private AI innovation network over time in the U.S. context (1991–2023), revealing how a government's demand‐based innovation policy bolsters technological prowess through isomorphism and ...
Jiyoon An
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The Determinants of University Participation in Canada (1977−2003) [PDF]
The decision to attend university is influenced by the balance of the expected returns and costs of attending university, by liquidity constraints and capital market imperfections that may modify these calculations and, hence, by the family income of ...
Hoy, Michael +2 more
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A Bioregional Approach to Teaching Sustainability and Resilience Online
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This chapter describes how the first graduate program in resilient and sustainable communities has evolved over the past decade, maintaining its bioregional approach to distance learning while adapting the curriculum to meet new challenges in the age of climate change.
Laird Christensen
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Veterinary Record, EarlyView.Abstract Background Miscarriage, infertility and assisted fertility (MIAF) can profoundly impact physical and mental health. The aims of this study were to investigate how veterinary professionals’ work environments and employers impacted their experiences of MIAF and to identify how workplace experiences of MIAF could be improved.
Jenny Stavisky +3 more
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