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Planning a Course of Tuition can make a Huge Difference
If you are thinking about getting a tutor, it's much better to start early and plan a course of lessons, rather than waiting until the tutor is 'rescuing' the student.
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Are Tutors Sometimes Just Babysitters?
There is an argument that for very young students at KS1, tutors are more there for childcare, rather than to actually teach, but this is a little short-sighted.
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Value Tutoring Skill Over Experience
We receive lots of requests for a classroom teacher, but that misses the point of good tutoring. We would like people to read about the tuition method and judge their tutor on that.
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Why Summer Tuition Can be Difficult
While summer tuition is appealing for many tutors, and students are attracted to the idea of lessons during the summer holiday, it doesn't always work out.
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The Job Satisfaction of Tutoring
One of the reasons tutors love what they do so much is that they have the short term goals of helping understanding, but also the long term goals of seeing their students achieve great GCSE and A Level results.
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Get Students to Be Honest and Not Fear Recrimination
It's difficult when students aren't honest about what they understand, and tutors might need to have a conversation about how they can help best when everything is in the open.
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The Pedagogy Applies to Students of All Ages
Some tutors think that the pedagogy doesn't apply to students of all ages, but we want them to realise that it works, it's just the application which changes.
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Honest and Open Tutors are More Respected by Students
It's important for tutors to treat their students as equals when it comes to honesty and openness. It creates a better tutor student relationship.
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Helping Students to be in a Good Emotional State
Tutors need to be good at the mechanics of tuition, but it is also very important that they create an atmosphere conducive to learning.
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