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Individual pupil characteristics and the decisions concerning private tutoring use

This chapter explores educational stakeholders' perspectives on relationship between various pupils characteristics and the decision concerning the use of PT services. The discussion of this issue is divided into three sections. First, the perspectives of educational stakeholders concerning the relationship between pupils’ motivation for learning in school and aspirations for educational success and the decision concerning PT use are presented. Secondly, the perspectives of educational stakeholders regarding the relationship between individual personality traits and the decision to use PT services are examined. This section will also explore perspectives on the impact of other concepts, such as self-esteem and academic self-confidence, and how, for some pupils, the use of PT services represents an efficient method to address both individual learning needs and to positively influence personal development of self-esteem and self-confidence. Finally, the third section focuses on the relationship between the heterogeneity of individual learning styles and cognitive abilities and the decision whether or not to use PT services. In the second section of this chapter, the perspectives of educational stakeholders on the ability of formal systems of education to accommodate the diversity of pupils’ individual characteristics and needs are presented and discussed.

private tutoring, pupils' motivation for learning in school, educational aspirations, personality, academic self-concept, learning styles, support systems

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