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Regulating Private Tutoring for Public Good [PDF]

, 2018
Tokic, Somolanji
core  

Demand for private tuition classes under the free education policy. Evidence based on Sri Lanka [PDF]

Private tuition classes are growing phenomenon in Sri Lanka especially among students who prepare for competitive national school qualifying examinations. It is one of major education issues under the free education policy in Sri Lanka.
Pallegedara, Asankha
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Concerted Cultivation in Canada: Class‐Based Approaches to Parenting

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The literature on concerted cultivation describes how higher‐class parents reproduce their social class standing in their children by engaging in ‘cultivating’ parenting practices. I use Latent Class Analysis and multinomial logistic regression applied to survey data from Canada to inductively uncover distinct approaches to parenting and then ...
Gerry Veenstra
wiley   +1 more source

Private Tutoring in India

International Higher Education, 2015
openaire   +2 more sources

Social and Cultural Influences on Parental Mediation of Digital Media Use in Azerbaijan

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We report on influences on Azerbaijani families' parental mediation strategies for managing young children's digital practices at home. Data were gathered with five families in 2019 and 2023 using the Living Journals approach. Both fathers and mothers revealed the influences of gender and cultural norms on parental mediation.
Sabina Savadova, Lydia Plowman
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring peer tutoring experiences in improving nursing students' academic success and performance: A qualitative study among Emirati undergraduate nursing students. [PDF]

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Dias JM, Al Kaabi FSBS, Al Hooti ST, Hammadi NO, Karim R, AlYateem N, Reefat Ahmed F, Sara Abraham M, Seshan V, Arsyad Sub M, Dias AR, Mottershead R.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Negotiating Caring and Education: A Small‐Scale Study of Young Carers and Their Transitions Towards Independence and Adulthood

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reports on findings from a pilot study with eight young carers, aged 15–21, in the Midlands region of England. The study looked at the impact of caring responsibilities on young carers' life worlds as they negotiated transitions towards independence and adulthood.
Michael Wyness, Clara Rübner Jørgensen, Fiona MacCallum, Emily Cannon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the after-school study burden of Chinese secondary school students following burden reduction policies: a sociological analysis. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Ran Y, Wu X, Wang Y, Zhou Z, Yin Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

SAFE SPACES AND FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS: A GUIDED TOUR OF CAMPUS CONTEXTS

Educational Theory, EarlyView.
Abstract Contemporary events on university campuses have spotlighted the perceived conflict between free speech and safe spaces. While both values are widely acknowledged as essential, reconciling them in practice remains difficult. In this article, we argue that universities should not be viewed as singular entities but as a constellation of distinct ...
Bryan R. Warnick, Jamie Herman, Kyle Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking local welfare: a network analysis of an Italian case study. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Carbone S.
europepmc   +1 more source