This section gives tutors a place to start with some general ideas that will be useful for many learners.
This activity provides an active look at the handout on general tutoring strategies.
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Materials and equipment Handout 10.8: Helpful Pointers When Tutoring (2 pages) Preparation Copy handout and preview it. STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS
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Variation
There are a lot of critical pointers to absorb from this handout. One way of helping tutors integrate the suggestions into their thinking would be to break into small groups with each group receiving one of the four sections of the handout. (If you choose to do this, you will need to make extra copies of the handout to cut up for each group.) The groups could take a few minutes to create and then present a role-play to demonstrate several of the points in action. Captions could be added to help explain the role-play.
The rest of the tutors have the role of identifying the positive strategies observed in the role-play and “scribes” record the points on a flip chart as they are being named. The participants may go beyond the suggested list. As a follow-up, everyone would receive the handout plus the points generated by the group.
Tutors can learn a lot about their learners and the learners’ possible learning problems through simple observation. This activity encourages tutors to be active observers.
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Materials and equipment Handout 10.9: Finding Out More While Tutoring Preparation Copy handout. |