5. Required Assignment
To learn more about tutors and the tutoring environment, please read one of the following passages from your tutor handbooks, if your program has assigned you one of the following:
- LitStart, Chapter 1, pages 4-11
- Tutor, pages 139-146
- Teaching Adults: A Literacy Resource Book, pages 7-17
Or you may read this online passage instead:
While this passage is geared towards tutoring children, the principles of good tutoring hold for tutoring adults as well: empathy, preparation, outlook, passion, open-mindedness, and reliability. Click on the link below the image.
While this passage is geared towards tutoring children, the principles of good tutoring hold for tutoring adults as well: empathy, preparation, outlook, passion, open-mindedness, and reliability. Click on the link below the image.
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"Characteristics of a Good Tutor" at http://www.onlinetutoringworld.com/hometutoring/tutor-quality.htm
Optional activity
Flip quickly through your tutoring handbook and make note of the topics that will be covered. Will your questions be answered in these books? If not, develop a list of questions.