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Tuition Can Help Students Through A level Resits
Whether students choose to remain at their school for resits or to join a Sixth Form College, hiring a private tutor is an option which can improve results tremendously, even with just a few sessions. Private tuition can help identify any underlying problems a student is having with the subject, and tackle these in a non-threatening, one to one environment. U
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Kids go for Online Tuition
In the last couple of years, online tutoring has become increasingly popular amongst school students and their parents. Advancements in digital technology have changed the way school-age pupils relate to the learning process, and this is something that both teachers and the tuition industry need to cater for.
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Tutoring for the Rich
No matter what the background of the student, the most common experience of private tutors is that their students are pleasant enough to teach, and willing to learn from the tutor. However, the recent influx of incredibly wealthy clients to London has skewed the experience of the private tutor somewhat, making tutoring each week a bit more of a minefield.
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Finding Tutors who are Right for Individual Students
Some parts are looking for tuition for their children in one subject, and insist that their tutor is qualified to degree level. Others prefer to have one tutor teaching a number of subjects. So how should the tuition industry respond to this?
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When Students Won't Work
Private tutors are often hired by parents who are anxious that their children do well at school, particularly in the run up to exams. More often than not, students are happy to receive tuition, and respond well to a one-to-one, friendly teaching style. However, there are times when tutors have to accept that, while the parents want them there, the students do not. One of the most challenging aspects of private tuition is how to approach a student who refuses to work.
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Difficulties of Quiet Tuition Periods
One of the problems for tutors who are trying to support themselves through private tuition is the relatively quiet period over the summer.
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What we can’t Assess about a Tutor
At Blue Tutors, while we’re very proud of our tutor assessment system and our ability to measure a tutor’s ability to develop understanding
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How to Treat Your Tutor
Seasoned private tutors have been in and out of people’s lives and homes for years and have often have very different experiences with each family they work with. Some tutors who work for a long time for a particular student become part of the family, sometimes counselling on issues that extend beyond their academic remit.
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Holiday Tutoring
The Department for Education has announced that schools will now have the power to set their own term dates, which will mean many schools will choose to have shorter summer holidays. Many parents will be pleased that they will not have to find childcare and activities for their children for a full six weeks. However, for some, it will mean cramming in more sessions with private tutors before the start of the new term.
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