Teachers as Tutors: Shadow Education Market Dynamics in Georgia

• Main Author: Kobakhidze, Magda Nutsa (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: CERC Studies in Comparative Education ; 34
• Subjects: International education .; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Educational sociology.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Economic sociology.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.

The so-called shadow education system of private supplementary tutoring has become a global phenomenon but has different features in different settings. This book explores the ways in which teacher-tutors' beliefs, social norms, ideals about professionalism, and community values shape their eco...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword, Mark Bray
• CHAPTER 1 Introduction
• CHAPTER 2 Society and Education in Georgia
• CHAPTER 3 Theoretical Framework
• CHAPTER 4 Research Design, Methods and Methodology
• CHAPTER 5 Teachers as Tutors
• CHAPTER 6 Free Market of Education
• CHAPTER 7 Economic Sociology of the Shadow Education Market
• CHAPTER 8 Conclusions
• References
• Notes on the Author.