Modern Russian tutor: professional portrait, incentives and activity strategies
Abstract
The article presents a portrait of a Russian tutor, showing incentives for professional activities. The source of information was data on tutors posted on the online platform «Association of Tutors of Russia», as well as the results of a survey of tutors registered on the «TUTOR.RU» and «TutorOnline» platforms. It was revealed that the average Russian tutor is a woman who has been providing tutoring services for 11 years, has a qualification corresponding to the disciplines taught, and the status of a private teacher, for whom this activity is the main occupation. The Russian tutor is ready to work both in person and remotely, selling his services at a price of 926 rubles per hour. Almost all tutors work with schoolchildren as part of the school course, but their main specialization is preparation for passing the Unified State Examination and the General State Examination. For most tutors, tutoring is a way to make money and a survival strategy. That is why they consider additional classes with students to be their main job, but providing them with low earnings, and the main incentives for tutoring are the opportunity to increase their income, autonomy and flexibility of work. The authors have identified groups of modern tutors by the nature of tutoring and proposed strategies for their behavior.
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