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Tutors will Benefit from Industry Regulation
An issue which is often neglected when discussing the private tuition industry is the risk assumed by the tutors themselves.
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How to Avoid 'Cowboy' Tutors
There are tens of thousands of private tutors registered with agencies in London alone, but unlike school teachers, many tutors do not have any formal teaching qualifications. This being the case, how can parents ensure that tutors are reliable, and able to do the job for which they have put themselves forward?
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Online Tuition is Cheap and Effective
Over the last couple of years, tuition agencies have broadened their services to include online tuition, and many agencies have emerged which solely offer online services.
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The Internet vs Private Tuition
Research conducted by an internet service provider suggests that many parents feel that the internet has better educational value than a private tutor.
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Time for a Tutor to Develop Exam Technique
Right now, any tutor who is teaching a GCSE or A Level student will find their lessons changing quite significantly
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Private Tutors can Challenge Narrow Educational Reforms
This week Education Secretary Michael Gove has angered teachers, writers and academics with an attack on the standards of grammar taught in primary schools, and comments regarding teachers’ failure to encourage children to read more ‘traditional’ books such as Middlemarch.
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Helicopter Tutors
The ‘helicopter’ approach is not just prevalent amongst parents; private tutors can get swept along in the process.
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Advice on Selecting a Tutor
When a family is hiring a tutor for the first time, what criteria should they use? What do parents do when they don’t know how the world of private tuition works?
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The Government should focus on more than English and Maths
It comes as no surprise then that the most common private tuition requests are for English and Maths. These are core subjects, without which students will struggle to go on to achieve their goals in life. However, the government shake up of the curriculum, whilst rightly emphasising these subjects, has dramatically cut back on arts subjects including music, drama and art.
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