Researching Private Supplementary Tutoring

Part I. Employing Quantitative Instruments

1. Shadow Education Research through TIMSS and PIRLS: Experiences and Lessons in the Republic of Georgia
Magda Nutsa Kobakhidze

2. Research on Private Tutoring in Malaysia: Methodological Insights from a Quantitative Study
Husaina Banu Kenayathulla

3. Relationships between Shadow Education and Examination Scores: Methodological Lessons from a Chinese Study in Senior Secondary Schools
Yu Zhang

Part II. Discerning Qualities

4. A Qualitative Comparison of Private Tutoring in Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia and Georgia: Lessons from Design and Implementation
Boris Jokić

5. Ethical Dilemmas in Shadow Education Research: Lessons from a Qualitative Study of Learners’ Experiences in Lecture-type Tutoring in Hong Kong
Kevin W. H. Yung

6. Classroom Practices and Private Tuition in the Maldives: Methodological Reflections on an Ethnographic Study
Maryam Mariya

7. Researching Shadow Education in Iran: Methodological Experiences in an Islamic Republic
Abbas Madandar Arani

Part III. Expanding Perspectives with Mixed Approaches

8. Designing and Implementing Mixed Approaches to Shadow Education Research: Experiences and Lessons in Hong Kong
Mark Bray, Ora Kwo

9. Constraints and Possibilities in Small-Scale Research: A Mixed-Methods Study in West Bengal, India
Sulata Maheshwari

10. A Mixed-Methods Study of Extra Lessons in Jamaica: Methodological Experiences and Reflections
Saran Stewart

11. Researching Private Supplementary Tutoring in Cambodia: Contexts, Instruments and Approaches
Mark Bray, Wei Zhang, Magda Nutsa Kobakhidze, Junyan Liu

Part IV. Learning and Comparing

12. How a Research Instrument Changed in Different Settings: Methodological Lessons from Adaptation and Adjustment
Junyan Liu

13. Organisational and Cross-Cultural Issues: Learning from Research Approaches
Mark Bray, Ora Kwo

Nyckelord: Education, International and Comparative Education, Learning & Instruction, Sociology of Education