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Supporting Students During the Coronavirus Pandemic: 5 Skills to Support Independent Study
Plan well, study efficiently, look after yourself and don’t forget to play.
Supporting Students During the Coronavirus Pandemic: 7 Ways to Increase Learning if Schools Close
In the face of threatened school closures, we need to plan how to use the time productively. Maybe we can even turn a crisis into an opportunity.
The Point of a Tutor – Teach a Man to Fish
As a tutor, your highest aim should be making your student an independent learner. This will ensure your impact reaches far beyond the confines of your sessions together.
More on the Power of Tutoring
More students would be achieving brilliantly, if more students had access to tutoring.
Preparing Students for their Future by Teaching Them to Trust and Relate to Others
I think that relationship-building with inspirational and caring adults is a fundamental benefit of tutoring.
The Future of Schools
The best thing we can do for our students is teach them to love learning. Not so that they can keep up with a changing future – but so that they can lead in it.
How popular (and how fair) is tutoring in the UK?
The number of secondary school students who have had a tutor in the past year is currently at 27%. These numbers are even higher in London (41%).
Skills and Knowledge – The Foundations for learning
Learning is the interplay between knowledge and skills. It is through the application of skills to knowledge that we can pass exams, get through school and learn a foreign language.
Transactional vs Transformational Tutoring
Even the most transactional tutoring relationships can be life-changing. Embrace the role of the tutor and make every session transformative.
How long should I tutor one student?
The best answer is: as long as you feel you have something to teach them. The second best answer is: as long as they’re willing to pay you for your time.
The Secrets of Tutoring: Powerful Feedback
Think of your role as the tutor as providing that immediate feedback to keep your students to keep heading in the right direction.
Evidence for the Power of Tutoring
The tutoring process demonstrates that most of the students do have the potential to reach this high level of learning.
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