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Feb
Could self-regulation be the answer for home educators faced with renewed registration fears?
Categories: Education, Home Education, Ideas, Teaching Comments 4
Self-regulation has provided private tutors and their clients with community, reassurance and a unified voice – and it can do the same for parents. Back in 2012, Tutors International was one of the first to recognise the need for a professional body for private tutoring in the UK, acknowledging that, for some families, finding a..read more.
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Feb
Gumph
Categories: Education, Expat, Inspiration, Teaching, Tutors International Comments 0
This was written in a recent application from a qualified and mature teacher for a position supporting a somewhat dyslexic young man: “Route education seems to bull doze unwittingly over innocent fields of enormous clarity and perspicacity misconceived as ignorance or inability.” The question it was answering was this: Illustrate a situation in which you..read more.
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Aug
3-hour homeschool days or 12-hour Chinese school days – Which is best for our children?
Categories: Education, Expat, Inspiration, Teaching, Travel, Tutors International Comments 0
3-hour homeschool days or 12-hour Chinese school days – Which is best for our children? A state school in Hampshire is the focus of a BBC documentary Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School. They’re experimenting with dropping in Chinese teachers, uniform, longer school days, and classroom culture. This prompted me to think about the..read more.