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Educational Competition and Reference Group: A SociologicalExplanation of the Popularity of Private Tutoring in China(PDF)

《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]

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2018年05期
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Research Field:
社会学研究
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Title:
Educational Competition and Reference Group: A SociologicalExplanation of the Popularity of Private Tutoring in China
Author(s):
ZHOU Dong-yang WU Yu-xiao
Keywords:
private tutoring educational competition reference group hot house effect
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Abstract:
In recent years, with the competition in education increasingly fierce, after-school private tutoringhas become a widespread phenomenon in China. Using the baseline data of China Education Panel Survey(CEPS), this paper explores the causes of attending private tutoring for Chinese junior high school students.We find that, participation in private tutoring is influenced not only by students’ family background but alsoby their“ reference group”. Firstly, the higher the average expenditure on private tutoring in his or her class,the higher the cost an individual student will pay for private tutoring services. Moreover, higher percentage ofattending private tutoring in the class predicts higher probability of attending for individual students. Secondly,the more the interactions between parents and between students are, the more likely they are to attend privatetutoring and the more money they pay for the tutoring services. This study, on the one hand, provides empiricaldata for critically understanding the current fervor in attending private tutoring, and on the other offers a socialpsychological analysis of educational competition and inequality in East Asian societies and other regions.

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Last Update: 2018-09-25