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Publication Date: 2020
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Spatializing a Global Education Phenomenon: Private Tutoring and Mobility Theory in Cambodia
Journal of Education Policy, v35 n5 p713-732 2020
Along with the dramatic expansion of private tutoring around the world, a significant body of literature has been produced to understand this phenomenon. While many studies consider the issue of geographic location, the spatial dimension tends not to be a central focus of private tutoring studies. In contrast, the present essay applies mobility theory to research from Cambodia, where private tutoring is essential to student success. It does so in order to place private tutoring provision into a broader perspective that includes but moves beyond the economic dimensions of supply and demand and the sociological dimensions of economic, cultural, and social capital to include consideration of how private tutoring provision is constrained by a multidimensional spatial field of possibilities and how private tutoring participation is enabled by one's position and abilities in relation to that field. The paper argues for increased attention to 'spatial capital' in studies of private tutoring and education generally.
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Private Education, Tutoring, Social Capital, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Access to Education, Geographic Location, Teacher Student Relationship, Academic Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Cambodia
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