Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160100848

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160100848

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Funded Activity Summary

Private Literacy Tutoring: A sociology of shadow education. This project intends to investigate the extent and impact of private academic tutoring in Australia. Markets in private academic tutoring or ‘shadow education’ are growing. Globally, studies point to both positive and negative social, economic and educational impacts. In Australia, the federal government briefly funded private tutoring vouchers for students who did not meet literacy benchmarks (2004–08), but in 2013 equity concerns about families’ tutoring investments helped prompt a senate inquiry into the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). This project plans to study private tutoring across Australia. It aims to investigate families’ investments in shadow education and the implications of this for Australian literacy education policy. This may also be relevant in other countries where shadow education is also rapidly expanding in response to growing educational competition and testing agendas.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 31-12-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $242,575.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) | Education Assessment and Evaluation | Specialist Studies in Education

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Learner and Learning Achievement | Education and Training Systems Policies and Development | Management of Education and Training Systems |

Other Keywords

Education Assessment and Evaluation | Education and Training Systems Policies and Development | English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) | Learner and Learning Achievement | Management of Education and Training Systems | Specialist Studies in Education

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