Becoming an Outstanding Personal Tutor. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Wallace, Susan
• Contents: ""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Series information""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright information""; ""Table of contents""; ""Meet the authors""; ""Meet the series editor""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Who this book is for""; ""Why you need this book""; ""Why else is personal tutoring so important?""; ""Why is personal tutoring so crucial in the current educational climate?""; ""How does this book link to your teacher training or current role?""; ""Chapter summaries""; ""About the book and how to use it""; ""References""; ""1 What is a personal tutor?""; ""Setting the scene"" ""How outstanding personal tutoring principles lead to outstanding teaching""""The definition of the personal tutor""; ""Personal tutoring and coaching: dictionary definitions and history of the terms""; ""The relationship between personal tutoring and coaching""; ""Discussion""; ""Other useful ways to understand the role of the personal tutor""; ""Which personal tutoring institutional model do you work within?""; ""Why is it important to know about models?""; ""Main personal tutoring institutional models""; ""Discussion""; ""Summary""; ""Taking it further""; ""References"" ""2 Core values and skills of the personal tutor""""Introduction""; ""Section 1: What are the core values of the outstanding personal tutor?""; ""What is a core value and how do I know what mine are?""; ""How to develop the personal tutor core values""; ""Discussion""; ""Individual and shared core values ""; ""Learnersâ€&#x; values ""; ""Discussion""; ""Section 2: What are the core skills of the outstanding personal tutor?""; ""What is a core skill?""; ""Different categories of personal tutor core skills""; ""Hard and soft skills""; ""How to develop the personal tutor core skills"" ""1. Building genuine rapport""""2. Decision-making and problem-solving""; ""Summary""; ""Taking it further""; ""References""; ""3 Setting boundaries""; ""Introduction""; ""What are boundaries?""; ""Expertise boundaries ""; ""Temporal boundaries ""; ""Behavioural boundaries ""; ""Peer boundaries""; ""Discussion""; ""The difficulty of letting go and when to do it""; ""Discussion""; ""Boundaries in context""; ""Discussion""; ""Expertise""; ""Temporal""; ""Behavioural""; ""Peer""; ""Summary""; ""Taking it further""; ""References""; ""4 The learner experience: key activities""; ""Introduction"" ""What is the purpose of the personal tutor key activities?""""The tracking and monitoring of learners""; ""What do we mean by at risk and vulnerable learners?""; ""What characteristics might mean a learner is at risk or vulnerable? ""; ""The tools to keep your learners on track to succeed ""; ""Feedback to the learner ""; ""How risk is assigned to a learner""; ""Discussion""; ""At risk meetings""; ""Discussion""; ""Electronic learner tracking and monitoring systems""; ""Good practice tips when using electronic learner tracking and monitoring systems""; ""One-to-ones with learners""
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Critical Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.4; Tutors and tutoring; Tutors and tutoring; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1910391085; 9781910391082; 9781910391075; 1910391077
• Related ISBNs: 1910391050; 1910391077
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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