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How to Incorporate Spaced Learning into Your Tutoring
Cindy Palmer, Founder of STEM Tutoring based in Washington State, has a handy tip to help you embed spaced practice into your students’ learning.
Let us know if it helps you and your students out!
The Emotionally Intelligent Tutor: How to Incorporate Fearlessness & Vulnerability into Your Teaching & Learning, with Tania Khojasteh: Podcast Transcript
The rise of emotional intelligence (EQ) as a determiner for a child’s success and understanding in the world is well under way. For Tania Khojasteh, combining this with an awareness of fearlessness is the masterstroke.
Why the Time to Focus on Executive Function Skills is Now, with Founder of Executive Function Specialists, Sean McCormick: Podcast Transcript
Quite why it’s taking us this long to get Sean McCormick onto the podcast, we will never know. But now we have, and now we’re very happy. Executive function skills are essential – find out how.
Giving Students the Tools for Autonomy, Empowering Parents to Understand their Child and Changing the Fabric of Mainstream Education: A Chat with Founder of the Young Fire Academy, Henry Dingle: Podcast Transcript
Autonomy, responsibility, self-direction. These are basic tenets of Henry Dingle’s educational philosophy. In this slightly longer episode, find out why it’s important for you too.
Getting to Know the Platform Superprof: How One Brand Ambassador Explores Culture & Identity through Language Learning, with Pablo Buey: Podcast Transcript
Pablo is a Brand Ambassador of the hugely popular tutoring platform, Superprof. Pablo is also a veritable polyglot (a speaker of multiple languages) and he has a wonderful vision for language learning.
How We Can Inspire Students to Go Further through Inquiry-Based Learning, with Founder of How Cool Is That?, Reuven Tzalmona: Podcast Transcript
If you find an educator with the energy for inspiring children’s passion for learning, get in touch. Reuven Tzalmona delivers hands-on STEM workshops for kids (and parents, too): they’re electric.
What does it mean to learn?
Yaakov Klein, teacher of Judaic Studies across all ages, believes that the essential benefit of tutoring is focusing on the child as an individual rather than a member of a group.
This powerful philosophy permeates his thinking and this striking piece delves into the heart of what it really means to ‘learn’.
Teaching Key Life Skills to Children: Empowering Students through Legal Education, with Founder of Little Lawyers, Fiona Mills: Podcast Transcript
Fiona Mills is a pretty unique tutor. Unique because she’s also a practising, qualified lawyer. This allows Fiona to deliver her passion project: legal and life skills for children.
Upgrade Your Tutoring Business and Improve Your Confidence-Building Skills as a Tutor, with Sumantha McMahon: Podcast Transcript
Sumantha has a wealth of experience in both the entrepreneurial and teaching fields. And tutoring was life-changing for her – what do you need to upgrade your education business?
Will the Educational White Paper be effective?
Victoria Burns reflects on the latest announcement for the Department for Education: the Educational White Paper.
What does it mean for parents? For teachers? And most importantly, for students?
Action Tutoring at 10: Celebrating a Decade of Supporting Pupils from Disadvantaged Backgrounds, with Founder & CEO Susannah Hardyman: Podcast Transcript
It’s not hard to see why Action Tutoring have been so successful. Built on improving lives for disadvantaged students, the organisation is led marvellously by CEO Susannah Hardyman.
In Conversation with Speaker, Author & Top 50 Influential Neurodivergent Woman 2022, Marcia Brissett-Bailey: How to Ensure Neurodiverse Children Do Not Miss Out on the Same Opportunities Afforded to Neurotypical Children: Podcast Transcript
Marcia Brissett-Bailey is many things. A voice for change across many sections of society: race, gender, disability, social mobility to name just four.