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Tuition for students with a Special Educational Need
How can tutors use SEND reforms to improve tuition for students with SEND?
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Primary tuition – taking the work out of work.
The importance of a focus on fun and relevance when tutoring primary aged pupils.
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Phonics – as simple as ABC?
A comparison of different phonics approaches for tutoring primary aged pupils.
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How Should Tutors Teach War?
At this time of year school children learn all about war, and remembering those who died for their country, but they are often only taught half the story. How should tutors teach war in a way that expands students' understanding of this difficult topic?
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Why Tutors Shouldn't Use the 'One Size Fits All' Approach
A recent study has said that the traditional British teaching style is better than individual learning approaches. How should private tutors respond to this advice?
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How To Tutor Struggling Students
Tutoring students who are struggling is a challenge which tutors need to prepare for.
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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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