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Gao, Fang; Ng, Jacky Chi Kit; Lee, Wincy Wing Sze – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2023
The extant literature on parental involvement in the university choice process sheds light on the positive impact of parents' social capital on enrolment. Little research captures the complex dynamics of parental social capital that might within certain sociocultural and economic contexts compound the effects on university choice and access. This…
Descriptors: Social Capital, College Choice, Parent Participation, Academic Aspiration
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Yung, Kevin Wai Ho – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
Access to private tutoring, or shadow education, significantly contributes to the increasing disparities in the attainment of language learners from different family backgrounds worldwide. In ESL/EFL contexts, many students subscribe to English private tutoring (EPT) in hopes of getting good English results in high-stakes examinations to secure a…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Tutoring, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction