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How can Tutors Avoid Ruining Literature for Students?
A children's author has recently warned that schools' approach to teaching literature risks ruining their love of books. How can tutors ensure that this doesn't happen?
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Letting our students have a lie-in may boost results
A new study on teenagers' sleep patterns suggest that, unlike adults, they function better when they go to bed later and get up later. Tutors should remember this when helping students organise their time.
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Why bribing students to work isn't effective
A recent project offered poorer students cash incentives to improve their grades and behaviour. It didn't work, demonstrating that the project designers fundamentally misunderstood the nature of poverty.
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Tutors for Oxbridge Applications
Oxbridge tutors can help students prepare their Oxbridge applications to a high standard, and ensure that they are familiar with interview techniques.
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Can a Tutor Help you Choose Your A Levels?
Many students select their A level courses on the basis of what they enjoy most and the subject in which they have achieved the best results. However, many do not realise that their choices can prevent them from doing the things they want later on. A tutor can given students the information they need in order to made an informed decision.
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How Tutors can Prepare for Results Day
When tutors have promised students grades that they then don't achieve, they are likely to damage their reputations.
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How Can Tutors Engage Students in the Politics of their own Education?
With the recently upheaval in the department for education, tutors need to think about how they can discuss the politics of education with their students.
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How To Do Summer Tutoring
Parents should avoid using tutors to replicate school classes over the summer. They should instead go for tuition which broadens their children's educational experience.
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Do You Need an Elite Tutor?
With Labour set to introduce elite teachers, it's time to ask whether hiring elite tutors is always the best thing for students
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