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This chapter presents methodological dimensions of a study of what in the Maldives is called private tuition and elsewhere is called private tutoring. The study compared the settings of private tuition and mainstream classrooms.
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Mariya, M. (2016). Classroom Practices and Private Tuition in the Maldives: Methodological Reflections on an Ethnographic Study. In: Bray, M., Kwo, O., Jokić, B. (eds) Researching Private Supplementary Tutoring. CERC Studies in Comparative Education, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30042-9_6
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