The majority of Egyptian high school students and a large number of elementary students take private lessons in addition to regular classes at school. These private lessons are usually offered either at students' homes or in special “tutoring centres”. Due to the deficits of the overburdened public education system, the process of teaching and learning has partly been shifted into the informal and private sphere. Based on several months of ethnographic field work in tutoring centres in Cairo, I analyze the motivations of teachers and students for participating in this informal practice and look at the impact of private tutoring on the relationship between teachers and students. I describe the phenomenon as an “informal market of education”,...
My thesis examines the processes by which the reproduction of power and social hierarchies transpire...
Very little research exists in Egypt on contemporary education outcomes and their relationship to an...
This research explores non-formal education in Egypt, analyzing its alignment or divergence with pre...
The majority of Egyptian high school students and a large number of elementary students take private...
Education is generally perceived as a public good which should be provided by the state. In Egypt, f...
Private tutoring continues to exist in Egypt, even though it has been officially banned by the 2016 ...
Households in Egypt, like many developing countries, spend substantially on tutoring. According to t...
Este artículo presenta la evidencia más reciente sobre la llamada educación en la sombra en Egipto y...
Does private tutoring increase parental choice and improve student achievement, or does it exacerbat...
The study draws on focus group interviews with 12 teachers working in academic and commercial secon...
This study focuses on private tutoring for lower secondary public schools in Cambodia and explores t...
This chapter focuses on the private tutoring phenomenon in Turkey. It seeks to analyse the impact of...
Every morning a nation\u27s future is born inside a classroom; it is only at the hands of a â goodâ...
Why do some children in the developing world choose to stay out of school? Is it mainly because pove...
This book focuses on the so-called shadow education system of private supplementary tutoring. In par...
My thesis examines the processes by which the reproduction of power and social hierarchies transpire...
Very little research exists in Egypt on contemporary education outcomes and their relationship to an...
This research explores non-formal education in Egypt, analyzing its alignment or divergence with pre...
The majority of Egyptian high school students and a large number of elementary students take private...
Education is generally perceived as a public good which should be provided by the state. In Egypt, f...
Private tutoring continues to exist in Egypt, even though it has been officially banned by the 2016 ...
Households in Egypt, like many developing countries, spend substantially on tutoring. According to t...
Este artículo presenta la evidencia más reciente sobre la llamada educación en la sombra en Egipto y...
Does private tutoring increase parental choice and improve student achievement, or does it exacerbat...
The study draws on focus group interviews with 12 teachers working in academic and commercial secon...
This study focuses on private tutoring for lower secondary public schools in Cambodia and explores t...
This chapter focuses on the private tutoring phenomenon in Turkey. It seeks to analyse the impact of...
Every morning a nation\u27s future is born inside a classroom; it is only at the hands of a â goodâ...
Why do some children in the developing world choose to stay out of school? Is it mainly because pove...
This book focuses on the so-called shadow education system of private supplementary tutoring. In par...
My thesis examines the processes by which the reproduction of power and social hierarchies transpire...
Very little research exists in Egypt on contemporary education outcomes and their relationship to an...
This research explores non-formal education in Egypt, analyzing its alignment or divergence with pre...