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We Need an Alternative to Exam Factories
At a time when exam pressure for schools and students is greater than ever, it seems that many schools are reluctant to continue down the road to becoming exam factories.
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School Farms Help Learning
Some schools are now starting to expand their outdoor teaching by creating a ‘school farm’ with extensive vegetable patches and animals including chickens and rabbits.
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How To Start Tutoring
These days, as the industry has expanded, parents have come to expect a lot more from the tutors they hire, and it is essential that tutors are well prepared and equipped to enter the world of private tuition.
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How Tutors Can Help with Mental Health
A recent study has shown that mental health problems are on the rise in the UK, particularly amongst students. Those examining the trend have cited increased work-loads, pressure to achieve top grades, and financial pressure as key sources of anxiety for students.
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Can Being a Pushy Parent Ever be a Good Thing?
When we think of pushy parents, we think of parents who hire tutors to children before they have started school, harass and abuse teachers and pressure their children to achieve top grades in every subject. However, I would like to suggest that there is an alternative mode of pushy parenting which would be far more positive.
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Playing the Game
For private tutors these issues in the education system present a unique challenge. If grades can change, markers inaccurate, exams retaken or taken with a different exam board for a markedly different result, how are we to convince our students of the value of the exams they are working so hard for?
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Tutoring Adults
The boom in private tuition has not only happened amongst school children and their parents, but also adult learners.
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Schools and Private Tutoring
One of the things that parents worry about when deciding to hire a private tutor for their child, is what their child’s school will make of it. Although tutoring is now extremely popular, there is still no accepted etiquette as to how to address this issue with schools, and the attitudes of schools towards the private tutoring phenomenon vary widely.
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Tutors: Build Self-Esteem
If teachers can explicitly teach character and self-esteem through their everyday teaching of the curriculum, is this something that private tutors can work into their own teaching of their students? Most tutors do a good job of supporting their students’ self-development, but can we do more?
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