Teaching Styles That Work Best for Home Tutors

Most authoritative styles place a strong emphasis on the teacher and involve little involvement from the students. This mostly occurs when the teacher teaches the student everything there is about the topic. It will mostly be lectures on topics and most of the information, if not all, will come from the teacher. The student will just have to listen to what their teacher is saying. This is mostly found in traditional classrooms with the teacher standing in front of their students during class and almost always only their voices can be heard throughout the duration of the lesson.

In home tuition, this can also be used as a tutor’s teaching style. Like in traditional classrooms, most of the information will come from the tutor and they will the one to speak at length with the student listening to them about the lesson. Given that the lectures will be lengthy and require them to memorize information, older students may find it simpler to stay up. These students are already more invested in what their tutor is saying so they can handle listening for long periods of time. The same can’t be said for younger students who are brimming with energy or those that have shorter attention spans. This style may not be effective for them as they will want to move around and they will have trouble staying put and listening to their tutor.

You’ll also observe that there will be less of a personal connection with your learner using this teaching method. Since the tutor speaks most of the time, the tuition will center around what they have to say and thus, making the student’s time to speak lesser. Tutors may not be able to get their students in ways if their tuition session is centered around the tutor.

However, the authoritative style isn’t so bad. Students who are really keen on learning or trying to enrich their knowledge may benefit from this teaching style.