Exploring private supplementary tutoring in Finnish general upper secondary education

dc.contributor.authorLaaksonen Linda Maria
dc.contributor.authorKosunen Sonja
dc.contributor.organizationfi=kasvatustieteiden laitos|en=Department of Education|
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.56860088444
dc.converis.publication-id380901219
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/380901219
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-27T21:39:54Z
dc.date.available2025-08-27T21:39:54Z
dc.description.abstract<p>We examine private supplementary tutoring within the context of Finnish general upper secondary education. Specifically, we focus on profit-driven private preparatory course providers who cater to individual students and their families, aiming to improve applicants’ prospects of gaining access to higher education. We examine this during a time when a recent education policy reform has renewed seeking admission to higher education in Finland, consequently impacting the private supplementary tutoring market associated with it. We draw on Bourdieu’s concepts of field, capital, and habitus as a starting point for discussing the complex dynamics between public and private actors in the field of Finnish general upper secondary education and the role of economic capital. The ethnographic data analyzed for this paper consist of field notes and interviews (n = 58) from three general upper secondary schools, produced in 2019-2020. The study aims to investigate the negotiations between the public and private spheres of education within the everyday practices of Finnish public upper secondary education during an educational policy reform. We conclude that the fields of public and private education are not separate but rather intertwined, and they can become blurred in the everyday life of schools through both temporal and spatial overlaps.<br></p>
dc.identifier.eissn2002-0317
dc.identifier.jour-issn2002-0317
dc.identifier.olddbid200840
dc.identifier.oldhandle10024/183867
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/11111/47238
dc.identifier.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1080/20020317.2024.2302195
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2025082785149
dc.language.isoen
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorLaaksonen, Linda Maria
dc.okm.discipline516 Educational sciencesen_GB
dc.okm.discipline516 Kasvatustieteetfi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationnot an international co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeA1 ScientificArticle
dc.publisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.publisher.countryUnited Kingdomen_GB
dc.publisher.countryBritanniafi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeGB
dc.relation.doi10.1080/20020317.2024.2302195
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy
dc.source.identifierhttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/183867
dc.titleExploring private supplementary tutoring in Finnish general upper secondary education
dc.year.issued2024

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