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Article: Admission Olympics: the emerging tutoring market for kindergarten applicants
Title | Admission Olympics: the emerging tutoring market for kindergarten applicants |
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Authors | |
Keywords | competition education market Hong Kong Kindergarten admissions private tutoring shadow education |
Issue Date | 18-May-2023 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Citation | Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper presents empirical evidence on kindergarten admission preparation services in Hong Kong. Parents increasingly turn to tutoring companies for a range of services, such as social skills training, portfolio editing, mock interviews, and parental consultation. We used qualitative methods to capture the views of parents, teachers, tutors, and early childhood educators (n = 78), to contribute to the lack of literature on this topic. Our findings indicate a market-driven ecosystem of education that favours commercial interests, widens educational inequalities, and is perpetuated by factors such as privatisation of the early childhood sector and misalignment between kindergarten and primary school curricula. Parents consider choice of school, future aspirations, and perceived hierarchies among kindergartens as major considerations for seeking admission preparation services. Heightened admission competition is also present in pre-nurseries and playgroups, calling for increased attention to be paid to the level of competition imposed among children. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/345857 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.960 |
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dc.contributor.author | Kobakhidze, M Nutsa | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hui, Janisa | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-04T07:05:58Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-09-04T07:05:58Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-05-18 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0305-7925 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/345857 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper presents empirical evidence on kindergarten admission preparation services in Hong Kong. Parents increasingly turn to tutoring companies for a range of services, such as social skills training, portfolio editing, mock interviews, and parental consultation. We used qualitative methods to capture the views of parents, teachers, tutors, and early childhood educators (n = 78), to contribute to the lack of literature on this topic. Our findings indicate a market-driven ecosystem of education that favours commercial interests, widens educational inequalities, and is perpetuated by factors such as privatisation of the early childhood sector and misalignment between kindergarten and primary school curricula. Parents consider choice of school, future aspirations, and perceived hierarchies among kindergartens as major considerations for seeking admission preparation services. Heightened admission competition is also present in pre-nurseries and playgroups, calling for increased attention to be paid to the level of competition imposed among children. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis Group | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education | - |
dc.subject | competition | - |
dc.subject | education market | - |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | - |
dc.subject | Kindergarten admissions | - |
dc.subject | private tutoring | - |
dc.subject | shadow education | - |
dc.title | Admission Olympics: the emerging tutoring market for kindergarten applicants | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/03057925.2023.2212109 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85159692103 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1469-3623 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0305-7925 | - |