واقع الدروس الخصوصية لطلبة التعليم الابتدائي في سلطنة عمان
The study aimed to investigate the reality of private tutoring for primary education students in the Sultanate of Oman from the point of view of parents. To achieve the objectives of the study, a mixed methodology was used, where A questionnaire was applied to (200) parents of primary education students. Individual interviews were also conducted with (10) parents. Data analysis revealed a set of results, the most notable of which is that the percentage of students who receive private tutoring reached 82.5%, while the remaining 17.5% of parents do not provide private tutoring for their children. The results also indicated that 41.5% of students receive private lessons at their homes, while 30.5% of students receive these lessons at the home of the private teacher, and the remaining 28% of them receive them at the home of a friend or relative. The results also showed that the majority of parents in the sample relied on the skills and experience of the tutor as one of the main criteria for choosing them, which indicates that experience and teaching competence are very important elements for parents when choosing a tutor for their children. As for the reasons that encourage parents to provide private tutoring for their children, the most prominent of them were the desire to increase the children’s academic achievement, prepare for exams, and encourage school teachers to provide these lessons for their children, as well as the children’s accustomation to private tutoring since they joined school. In light of the findings, the study concluded with a number of recommendations. (Published abstract)