Private Tuition Is Not Like School Teaching

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Subject: GCSE Maths
Last updated: 04/01/2008
Tags: gcse maths, student/ tutor relations
GCSE Maths

A student who is new to tuition may expect the experience of working with a tutor to be the same as being taught at school. This need not be the case, and I believe that this SHOULD NOT be the case. One to one tuition allows for far more effective teaching practices.

A Mathematics tutor can start their teaching of a topic in the right place and at the right level for a particular student. Examples and exercises can be specifically chosen or constructed. In the classroom, all students need to be taught the same.

A Mathematics tutor with a deep knowledge and experience of the subject can approach a topic in different ways if neccessary. Pupils do not think exactly alike or have developed the same understanding of Mathematics. A good tutor can identify that and modify their teaching accordingly.

During tuition, pupils can ask questions at any stage, and these questions can be resolved completely to the students' satisfaction before moving on. In the classroom, there is less opportunity to achieve this.


Geoffrey Parfitt A-level Maths Tutor (Birmingham)

About The Author

After leaving industry to retrain as a teacher in 1997, I have developed wide experience of private tuition assignments for Mathematics and Statistics. I can prepare students for the particular examinations they face, or the skills they need to improve for the classroom, or sometimes workplace. As the priority for my teaching work is to specialise in private tuition, I can be very flexible in the timing, frequency and location of tuition sessions. I am also completely focussed on the work I do while with individual students, rather than preparing work, marking, or standing at the whiteboard. This makes my teaching style closer to coaching than will be usually experienced in school or college.



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