Parental Perspectives on Private Tutoring in Qatar: Results from the 2019 Qatar Education Study

The present study sought to identify the factors likely to influence parental use of supplementary private tutoring in the State of Qatar. The study was guided by Hirschman’s concepts of exit, voice, and loyalty embedded in the theory of political science. Drawing on documented international resear...

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Main Authors: Hessa Al-Thani, Abdellatif Sellami, Brian Washington Mandikiana
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Language:Arabic
Published: Qatar University Press 2025-01-01
Series:مجلة العلوم التربوية
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Online Access:https://journals.qu.edu.qa/index.php/jes/article/view/4728
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description The present study sought to identify the factors likely to influence parental use of supplementary private tutoring in the State of Qatar. The study was guided by Hirschman’s concepts of exit, voice, and loyalty embedded in the theory of political science. Drawing on documented international research, a survey was developed to unpack the factors influencing parental use of private tutoring. The study involved 1.142 parents of students in grades 8, 9, 11 and 12 in both public and other (international, community, private Arabic) schools. Using binary probit regression analysis, results derived from this study disclosed five predictors of private tutoring usage among parents. These include the mother’s education level, the student’s school grade, the cost of education-related activities, the type of school a child attends, and the child’s absenteeism from school. The article discusses these results and raises issues that call for attention in local and international educational research. It offers important recommendations for policy and practice.
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spelling doaj-art-19106523bcb8421aaf5133f75a6bcd3e2025-01-22T09:15:33ZaraQatar University Pressمجلة العلوم التربوية2706-67112706-672X2025-01-0124310.29117/jes.2024.0199Parental Perspectives on Private Tutoring in Qatar: Results from the 2019 Qatar Education StudyHessa Al-Thani 0Abdellatif Sellami1Brian Washington Mandikiana2Qatar University-QatarQatar University–QatarQatar University–Qatar The present study sought to identify the factors likely to influence parental use of supplementary private tutoring in the State of Qatar. The study was guided by Hirschman’s concepts of exit, voice, and loyalty embedded in the theory of political science. Drawing on documented international research, a survey was developed to unpack the factors influencing parental use of private tutoring. The study involved 1.142 parents of students in grades 8, 9, 11 and 12 in both public and other (international, community, private Arabic) schools. Using binary probit regression analysis, results derived from this study disclosed five predictors of private tutoring usage among parents. These include the mother’s education level, the student’s school grade, the cost of education-related activities, the type of school a child attends, and the child’s absenteeism from school. The article discusses these results and raises issues that call for attention in local and international educational research. It offers important recommendations for policy and practice. https://journals.qu.edu.qa/index.php/jes/article/view/4728Private tutoringEducationProbit regression analysisQatar
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مجلة العلوم التربوية
Private tutoring
Education
Probit regression analysis
Qatar
title Parental Perspectives on Private Tutoring in Qatar: Results from the 2019 Qatar Education Study
title_full Parental Perspectives on Private Tutoring in Qatar: Results from the 2019 Qatar Education Study
title_fullStr Parental Perspectives on Private Tutoring in Qatar: Results from the 2019 Qatar Education Study
title_full_unstemmed Parental Perspectives on Private Tutoring in Qatar: Results from the 2019 Qatar Education Study
title_short Parental Perspectives on Private Tutoring in Qatar: Results from the 2019 Qatar Education Study
title_sort parental perspectives on private tutoring in qatar results from the 2019 qatar education study
topic Private tutoring
Education
Probit regression analysis
Qatar
url https://journals.qu.edu.qa/index.php/jes/article/view/4728
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