Merits and Demerits of Tuition
We all know that every child is unique. Every child has different skills and potential. The same goes with every child’s ability to learn at school. Some child can grasp school lessons faster as compared to other children. How the child performs in school should not be compared to other children because each child has a different learning pace. Brilliant students would need to compete with other students who get good grades for them to be able to keep their rank in school.
At the same time, those average students would also need to strive also hard in order for them not to fail the class. This is the reason why having a home tuition can be very beneficial to fast, average, and slow learners alike. the following are some of the benefits to students You will have the advantage of a whole teacher to yourself, with their lesson plans and strategies of teaching designed just for you! It seems impossible to doubt the enormous benefits this will offer.
In a classroom, one teacher may be faced with around thirty pupils, each with different abilities, different rates of learning, and individual strengths and weaknesses; yet despite this, for the majority of the lesson the teacher will be forced to treat his class as if it contained just one student. He or she will orate from one end of the classroom, unable to gauge how effectively each pupil is assimilating the lesson. The lesson plans will be designed to fit the needs of the average pupil; and the teacher will proceed at a rate suitable for the average pupil.
In this environment it is all to easy for a bright child or adolescent to fail to grasp one particular point, as the swathe of teacher talk washes over them like the unrelenting tides. It is unlikely even the best of teachers would spot the particular point of misunderstanding cast on the countenance on one pupil, hidden amongst so many other faces. To draw attention to their lack of understanding can be intimidating for the pupil: everyone else is silent, so they must have understood. Do I want to draw attention to myself?
All too often the misunderstanding goes unexpressed and unaided. The obvious benefit of one to one tuition is that the tutor can tailor their teaching style to the abilities of their student. They will be able to gauge the level of the pupils understanding, and, more importantly, track down the sources of misunderstanding, and deal with them effectively. Away from the bustle of the classroom, the student will feel more able to voice their difficulties; and having just one pupil to deal with, the teacher will be more capable of resolving them.
Compared to the conflicts of the classroom, fraught with distractions and intimidation from other pupils, the relaxed environment of tutor and student can be a safe haven of erudition. Most tutors will be willing to travel to the pupil’s house, allowing them the benefit of learning in a happy home location. A tutor will be able to focus their teaching on a particular area: the pupil may be very competent in mathematics overall, but be deficient in calculus, with this specific weakness undermining their whole confidence in the subject.
Maybe they are highly literate and proficient in English language, but shy away from public speaking. The syllabus may demand some oral work (foreign languages certainly do), so it would be a shame if this particular and minor deficiency detracted from their overall grade in the subject. Even if the pupil is performing well at school, it is highly likely that some private tuition will give then the edge over their peers. For it is their friends and contemporaries that they are competing against – many of who may already be receiving tuition.
In an age where extra tuition is almost becoming the norm, it may be necessary to join in, or risk being left behind. One more advantage of having a home tuition is that it gives a good chance of reinforcing the new topics learned earlier form school. It also gives a good chance of clarify difficult topics and making it simpler to understand. With a home tuition, it will be possible for the child to accelerate their learning process. Having you children attend home tuitions after school will also spare them from doing unhealthy hobbies after school such as getting hooked to computers and different video games.
Another good thing about putting your children to home tuition’s is that it will be able answer to the problems that the school teachers have to deal with nowadays. Aside from academic problems, the school teachers will also have to deal with every child’s different behavioral problems. This is not easy because in a regular school teachers will need to attend to a number of students per class. Thus, it will be impossible for every teacher to give equal attention to every single student. The end result of this scenario will be poor performance and low grades.
Good thing is, with a home tuition, sufficient reinforcement is given. Problems are corrected early on, thus early interventions are given. The over all confidence and performance of your child can be developed through home tutoring. This can be very beneficial on the development of your child and also to every parent out there. Home tutoring can spare you from worrying too much if your child has received quality education or not. Nothing compares to the comfort of having a peace of mind knowing that your child’s learning potentials are maximized.
And that your child is getting the quality of education that he or she deserves. demerits and merits of extra tuition Private tuition can be advantageous. Sometimes students are unable to concentrate during lessons for various reasons, such as distractions, not feeling well or explanation gaps. Therefore, students missed many key points taught during lessons. Under such circumstances, private tutors can re-explain the topics learn t reiterate key points, abstract concept and help to solve problems students find difficult to tackle. Students can be lazy at times. They may loss their motivation to work hard.
The temptation for students to play is strong, particularly playing and surfing internet and playing games, idling their times away watching TV, sending messages and chatting with friends over the phone. Allocating times for private tuition reduces their time spent in unhealthy pursuits. Private tutors also help to motivate the students to study hard. A private tutor can keep the students on the right track when they stray off course. For example, private tutors can help parents to reprimand their children if they become too playful. Private tutors can assign homework to them, so that they can spend their time in a more meaningful way.
A private tutor can thus act as a role of disciplinarian. Sometimes students have personal problems that they find hard to confide in their parents, tutors can act as a ‘listening ear’ and help them resolve some of their problems. Having private tuition also has its disadvantages. Sometimes tutors provide additional homework on top of those given by teachers in school. The extra homework from tutor is an added burden to the students. Sometimes, tutors can arrive at the wrong timing, For instance, the students are not in the mood to learn or have gone through a hard day work in school and are, therefore mentally feel tired.
Despite in such a bad timing, the tuition sessions may still have to carry on, which make it unfruitful. Private tuition can be a financial burden to parents who are poor. However, when the student is a slow learner who needs a tutor outside school, tuition is a necessary evil. Some students treat their tutors as a walking dictionary, expecting them to furnish answers to the homework given by school without thinking through the solutions by themselves over time. This can make them mentally lazy.
There are some parents who have unreasonable expectations. They insist that their children engage private tutor even though their children perform well academically. In conclusion, it is good to have private tuition provided the parents can afford and the students to find the tuition session is beneficial to them. The benefits are plentiful if parents manage to find a good tutor who can value added by playing various roles to help their students to achieve academic success. ow effective can teachers teach without tuition Tuition are important in learning processes of student since it clarify more of what has been taught and student fail to understand,but in a case like that of Kenya where tuition has been burnt teachers are expected to perform and produce good results:a teacher should know how to manage time,time is crucial is a major factor in learning if a teacher doesn’t manage her time well she will not finish the syllabus on time hence will not even have time to revise anything.
The teacher should have the knowledge of the subject,she should know the subject not perhaps well but enough this will help the teacher take the student through the subject at faster speed hence covering the subject on time and having adequate time for revision also a teacher will be able to deal with the weak students in her class. A teacher can also use appropriate and varied questioning,use of questions will help in covering syllabus in a unique way i. teacher to collect many past papers and use them to teach this will form a discussion where student will contribute with the guideline of their teacher A teacher should create a pleasant social/psychological climate in the classroom,this will help since the student will be to concentrate hence teaching will be smooth for the teacher thus making him have humble time to finish the syllabus on time,on a good environment student are prone to a better and fast understanding of the subject.
A teacher should have a positive attitude this will help the teacher in tha the teacher will be able to manage herself since she has that positive calling to her work the fact that tuition were cancelled was a big blow and a discouragement to many teachers which made them loose morale teachers with such attitude can not be able to deliver as expected rather teachers should change their attitude so that they are able to deliver appropriately.
