Private Supplementary Tutoring in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11410%2F16%3A10322629" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11410/16:10322629 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10564934.2016.1147006" target="_blank" >http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10564934.2016.1147006</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10564934.2016.1147006" target="_blank" >10.1080/10564934.2016.1147006</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Private Supplementary Tutoring in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The study contributes to the literature on private supplementary tutoring by shedding light on this phenomenon in the Czech Republic. The aim of the paper is to identify the reasons for seeking out private supplementary tutoring and to assess the factors underlying its demand. In the representative sample of 1,265 senior upper-secondary school students from two distinct regions of the Czech Republic, 37% acknowledged participation in private tutoring lessons (provided by individuals) and 10% reported enrollment in preparatory courses for university admission (organized by institutions) during their upper-secondary studies. It seems that both enrollment in different educational tracks and specific school subjects are associated with different reasons for taking private tutoring lessons. The results of binary logistic regression suggest that the mother's educational attainment, family income, students' academic performance, residence in the capital city, and female gender are significant predictors of students' enrollment and participation in the explored private tutoring activities. These findings confirm the strong influence of family background on educational attainment identified in previous Czech social-stratification research. In a wider European context, the patterns of private supplementary tutoring resemble those in neighboring countries.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AM - Pedagogy and education

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Education

ISSN

1056-4934

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

48

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

1-22

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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