Identification of Private Supplementary Tutoring among Upper Secondary School Students in Tehran

Younes Shiravand¹ Abbas Madandar Arani² iraj nik pay³

1) M.A in Educational Management, Lorestan University.
2) Assistant Prof. of Lorestan University & PDF in the University of Hong Kong.
3) Assistant Prof. of Lorestan University.

IOI Code : XYCK-AEEHG
Publication : International Conference on Management and Humanities(icmhconf.com)
Abstract :
    During the last three decades private supplementary tutoring has become one of the most common educational phenomena throughout the world. The main purpose of present research is identification of private supplementary tutoring among upper school students in Tehran. The study is a quantitative and applied research using correlation and analysis methods. The data derived from a multi-stage cluster sampling and students in Grade 12 of upper schools in Tehran were targeted. An adaptation of the questionnaire prepared by Bray and colleagues in Hong Kong (see Bray, 2013) was the main form of data collection. The findings indicate that the main factors effecting students’ participant at private tutoring classes are better learning, increasing class marks and parent’s recommendation. The most common method of receiving private tutoring is attending at a class with large number of participants and a teacher. The main school subjects for private classes are mathematics, English and Arabic languages respectively. Other findings of research reveal that girls received more private education compared to the boys; teachers are main group of people who encourage students to participate in private tutoring classes, students tendency to receive private training have increased in the upper secondary education level and finally there is no significant relationship between participation in private tutoring classes and family income.

Keywords : secondary school private tutoring students tehran