This entry is part of a series, Education and the Role of Tutors»
This article is a response to Hai-Anh Dang and F. Halsey Rogers research: “How to Interpret the Growing Phenomenon of Private Tutoring: Human Capital Deepening, Inequality Increasing, or Waste of Resources?”
Dang and Rogers explore the rise in private tutoring companies over the past few year and the significance of this occurrence. They explain that private tutoring helps specifically because it is a more flexible form of education. In countries such as Japan, students who utilize tutors to supplement their education nears 60%. Additionally, Dang and Rogers note that in the more affluent sections of America parents are sending their preschoolers to private tutors in order to give them an edge.1»
Entries in this series:
- Education and the Role of Tutors: Past, Present and Future; Part 1
- Education and the Role of Tutors: Past, Present and Future; Part 2
- Education and the Role of Tutors: Past, Present and Future; Part 3
- How Should We View the Current Influx of Tutors?
Hai-Anh Dang and F. Halsey Rogers, “How to Interpret the Growing Phenomenon of Private Tutoring: Human Capital Deepening, Inequality Increasing, or Waste of Resources?,” The World Bank Development Research Group Human Development and Public Services Team (February 2008, http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/02/25/000158349_20080225153509/Rendered/PDF/wps4530.pdf), 3-4. Interestingly, they also note some indicators show “that private tutoring is more popular in countries with weak and deficient public education systems” (Ibid., 7).Powered by Hackadelic Sliding Notes 1.6.3+
