shoppa-holicc

hello all. i wanna be a tutor for maths. like E and A maths... but i have not much confidence of teaching as its been ages since i've practiced whats taught in secondary school and i believe the syllabus has changed!! however, im currently doing my degree course now. i feel like im kinda rusty and i dont know how to start on becoming a tutor. any advise?? i need some side income.. hee.

any advise appreciated... thanks.

Calis

It depends on what type of tutor you want to be:
1. Question drilling
2. Concepts mastery
or
3. Concepts and applications mastery

The fundamental skills required of a good maths tutor are:
- advanced understanding and mastery in current syallabi,
- able to deliver / adapt various tutoring approaches (which includes teaching, coaching, drilling, interactive learning, guided learning etc),
- communicate & understand the tutee's needs, develop confidence and competence in tutees.
- able to develop customised lesson plans and roadmaps to address your tutee's individual needs and study style

Since it has been quite a long time you have touched both E & A Maths, I suggest you re-study both Maths syllabi back when you studied. The current syallabi are watered down, and update yourself on the current teaching approaches / methods taught in schools. The pedagogy have may changed since then.

After that, start tutoring E Maths 1st before moving into A Maths to develop your confidence and polish your tutoring skills / style.

Beanman

tutor muz know how da teach.

joey_vodka

since u've never been a tutor b4, u can start off with teaching pri school kids. Have a feel of being a tutor, The interaction, the way of teaching etc.

and of cos, u have to know the topic well b4 u start teaching. Wouldnt want to encounter situations where u cant answer the students' qns, right =]

i dont really care. u can just shuddup.

MiRyung

PATIENCE. most important after skills/knowledge.

Charmaine123456

you will have stress if your student keep stupid....

hometutors.sg

You should start by attempting all the questions first.

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shoppa-holicc

so this means that i have to go buy the sec 1 n 2 text book.. read through it try questions and such? is there any other ways to recap? thx..

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xinn

that's one way. or u can just go popular and spend some time browsing through the assessment books. but since it's for maths, i guess it's a must that you know exactly how to ans the qn else it might be quite difficult to teach. or get assessments with worked out solutions! (:

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stormcontrol

just curious, but what degree are you doing now?

shoppa-holicc

i'm currently in SIM... doing a banking and finance degree. ^^

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chiqo

i agree with practising on the questions and flipping thru textbooks to see whats being taught before attempting to tutor.

Soupdude

you'll need quite alot of patience and passion. along with knowing what you are doing so that your students wont be like. zomg my tutor doesnt know his stuffs 0.0

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shoppa-holicc

thanks for all advise... i'll try to work out something. ^^

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Yongjin

hmmmm.... my view is... other than knowing maths... u gt to have a way with kids... nw adays kids r omg... horigable + terrigable

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fairycove

hihi, being a tuition teacher is relatively easy, one of the problems that we faced would be the lack of skills to earn money. As such one thing, singaporeans are very well verse in would be academic knowledge.

I am currently teaching 3 kids, 1 primary, 2 secondary. If you teach, it really depends on your kid and the teaching style to adapt. Most importantly, always remember as a tuition teacher, you are suppose to solve their doubts as much as possible.

Assessment book practice followed by going through their mistakes and teaching them would be an important part of it

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-Emii-

Lols teach accounting since you're in the banking and finance course XD

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PinkLady

add 1 more need to answer all sorts of stupid q from parents and know how to handle them

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