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Planning a Course of Tuition can make a Huge Difference
If you are thinking about getting a tutor, it's much better to start early and plan a course of lessons, rather than waiting until the tutor is 'rescuing' the student.
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Tutor Chief Refutes Teachers’ Criticism
The head of the Tutors Association in Australia claims that it's wrong for teachers to criticise tutors while teachers tutor themselves and employ tutors for their own children.
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Are Tutors Sometimes Just Babysitters?
There is an argument that for very young students at KS1, tutors are more there for childcare, rather than to actually teach, but this is a little short-sighted.
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Criticism of Tutoring Companies’ Learning Loss Claims
There has been criticism of some adverts released by tutoring companies which have exaggerated the effect the long summer holiday has on students' learning.
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Value Tutoring Skill Over Experience
We receive lots of requests for a classroom teacher, but that misses the point of good tutoring. We would like people to read about the tuition method and judge their tutor on that.
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Kent Council to Review 11 Plus Coaching Ban
A BBC investigation has shown that schools in Kent are breaking the rules with regard to tutoring for the 11 Plus, and the council are to review their policy on allowing 11 Plus coaching.
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Why Summer Tuition Can be Difficult
While summer tuition is appealing for many tutors, and students are attracted to the idea of lessons during the summer holiday, it doesn't always work out.
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Improvement in GCSE Results Despite Harder Exams
The recent GCSE results showed a small increase in pass rates, but this hides the fact that the exams are now much more difficult and the pass marks are much lower.
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The Job Satisfaction of Tutoring
One of the reasons tutors love what they do so much is that they have the short term goals of helping understanding, but also the long term goals of seeing their students achieve great GCSE and A Level results.
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