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The influence of private tutoring on middle-class students’ use of in-class time in formal schools in Taiwan

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This study addresses how private tutoring influences middle-class students’ use of in-class time in formal schools. Through interviews with five third-year public senior high school students from middle-class families in Taiwan, the research found that with the help of private tutoring those students were able to use the “time-stealing” strategy to steal time from an ongoing class and create a “double-context learning situation” to optimize the efficiency of the use of their in-class time. This behavior not only undermined teachers’ teaching in formal schools, but also exposed the inadequacy of formal schooling in satisfying students’ need for knowledge.

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  • Jheng, Ying-Jie, 2015. "The influence of private tutoring on middle-class students’ use of in-class time in formal schools in Taiwan," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 1-8.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:40:y:2015:i:c:p:1-8
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.11.019
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