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Grab a cuppa and read insightful and helpful articles for tutors
Tutoring in Isolation
From guest poster Camilla Dunhill: “To anyone working with early learners who is about to face two long, but essential, weeks stuck inside, my advice would be to get creative and get colouring!”
Confessions of an English Tutor
In Richard Ashelford’s next musing, he explores some admissions behind his English tutoring, points that we can all relate to as tutors. Frankly honest and bitingly accurate, Richard takes us on a journey again …
Binary Opposites
In this next instalment of a series of QT participant-authored blogs, Richard Ashelford recounts how he gets students to focus on their own knowledge, and how this can sometimes have unexpected consequences …
The Applicability of Tutoring
In the first of a new series of QT participant-authored blogs, Daniel Dipper gives us his account of how the QT course has changed his approach to tutoring.
Tutoring – Pitch and Pace
The most important thing that I’ve learned is that tutoring is all about a relationship. — Daniel Sunshine
Flicking a Switch
Tutors build confidence, don’t they? That’s what they really do.— Julia Silver
The Most Important Skill for a Tutor
The single most important attribute would be to be an approachable person. — Josh Dean
Let the student take responsibility
I really feel it’s to try and let the pupil take as much responsibility for their own learning as possible. — Daniel Sunshine
The secrets to good teaching and learning
It’s really important that the educator shows the students there is purpose in what they’re doing. — Fran Spalter
3 Responses to school closure that could result in lasting improvements in education
Widening gaps, crammed curricula and reading milestones should all be up for review right now.
What should the curriculum be right now?
E-safety, germ theory and being patient with your family. What the Coronavirus curriculum could look like…
Parents need to give schools time
Schools are facing a really steep learning curve and it would be helpful if parents were mindful of that and gave schools the time and the space to work things out.