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Model Answer, History of Art AS
I had a look at the mark scheme for AS Level art history, and compiled the following essay question and answer. Consider it like an advertisement for my services. Judge for yourselves.
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Why isn’t my student improving?
It can be the case occasionally that a student simply stops improving. This has happened with one of mine recently, a boy who had progressed leaps and bounds in the first few months of coming to me. It has been very sad to witness and especially now in the run up to exams when he has finally started to realise that he ought to have worked much harder for the last few months. So, what to do?
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My Student goes AWOL
Yesterday I came home from the library especially to teach one of my students who had booked in for a 2 hour lesson now that his exam is fast approaching. As the appointed hour came and went I glanced down the road to see if he was on his way...he wasn’t.
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Poor showing for State Schools in Grayling’s College
The TES reports today that Grayling’s New College has offered places to 91 students for a September start, only 22% of which will be from state schools. From an application pool of 350 the 91 students were chosen and offered places because of their potential to achieve 3 As at A level or at least AAB.
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Flyering for New Tutors
One of my tasks this week was to sort out the flyering that we do every year in Oxford and Cambridge...
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Affluence a Factor in 11+
In an article today on the BBC News Education pages, Hannah Richardson reports that Buckinghamshire Council has apparently caused outrage in advising a school not to use the 11+ exam as a means of ensuring a ‘broad spread of abilities’ is admitted.
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The past is a foreign country - you need a qualified tour guide
Use of historical example, English Civil War, to illustrate the complexity of the relationship between State and People, and nobility and clergy, in this period of dramatic change.
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Oral Exams - English Oral Exams - English
I have this week taught my first lesson on an Oral examination in English. Being quite a practised public speaker I brought what I had been taught to bear and it seemed to work quite well.
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When Tutors Go Bad
Pete's blog 8-5-12: It’s been another week of annoying admin tasks for a lot of the time...
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