Last month was packed full of news about private tutoring and whether it is a good or bad thing. And we’ve spotted a few news items discussing whether tutoring needs more regulation. The Centre for Market Reform of Education is making plans to set up the first national association for tutors. The idea is such […]
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Is tutor regulation the way forward?
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013Private Tutoring in the news
Monday, June 17th, 2013It’s been a busy month in the world of private tutoring with coverage across the media on whether tutoring is a good or a bad thing. A Guardian investigation said that modest income and ethnic minority families are behind the boom in tutoring. At 121 Home Tutors our students come from a wide variety of […]
What motivates us to learn?
Monday, June 3rd, 2013At 121 Home Tutors we constantly exploring ways to engage students who have fallen out of love with learning, Our tutors are often faced with children (and adults) who have given up. Maybe they struggled with a topic for so long that learning became a chore. Maybe they struggled in the classroom because of a […]
The Child Driven education
Monday, May 13th, 2013TED is an organisation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It’s a fantastic resource for students (and teachers) to watch inspirational speakers talk about a variety of topics. We recently came across educational researcher Sugata Mitra talking at TED about children and teaching. “There are places on earth, in every country, where, for various reasons, good […]
How to become a private tutor
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013At 121 Home Tutors we regularly get calls and emails from people who are interested in becoming private tutors. Some of these people are already teachers, have teaching qualifications, have tutored in the past or have some sort of educational experience. However, many have no teaching experience or qualifications at all and want to take […]
Is it worth investing in a private tutor?
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013A recent article in the Telegraph discussed the pros and cons of using private tutors for children who are already privately educated. The issue being discussed was whether, if you are already paying a substantial amount for your child’s education, should this be topped up with private tuition (and if so when do you need […]
Postgraduate degrees – what does the future hold?
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013At 121 Home Tutors we think it’s important to know what is going on in every area of education. Although the majority of our students are at primary and secondary level we also offer support and tutoring to A Level, University, adult and postgraduate students. Our adult and post grad students sometimes come to us […]
Is tutoring really worth it?
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012Last week we stumbled across this article from Canada about whether private tutoring really offers students any advantages. The article states that about a third of Canadian parents hire private tutors. In the UK, according to the Sutton Trust charity in 2005 around 18% of 11-16-year-olds received some private or home tuition. Last year that […]
Please help me revise! Part 1.
Thursday, May 17th, 2012This month we hit exams and it’s serious revision time for all students especially GCSE, A2 and A Level students. But it’s also the time of year when most people struggle with revision. We asked some of our students why they find revising particularly hard – do you relate to any of these answers? – […]