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In British, Australian, New Zealand, Italian, and some Canadian [[university|universities]], a '''tutor''' is often but not always a [[postgraduate]] [[student]] or a [[lecturer]] assigned to conduct a [[seminar]] for [[undergraduate]] students, often known as a [[tutorial]]. The equivalent of this kind of "tutor" in the United States of America (U.S.) and the rest of Canada is known as a [[teaching assistant]].
In the [[United States]], the term tutor is generally associated with one who gives professional instruction in a given topic or field.
==Tutors in British and Irish secondary schools==
In English and Irish [[secondary school]]s, '''form tutors''' are given the responsibilities of a [[form (education)|form]] or [[class (education)|class]] of [[students]] in a particular year group (up to 30 students). They usually work in Year Teams headed by a Year Leader, Year Head, or Guidance Teacher.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
Form tutors take on these responsibilities in addition to teaching, planning, and monitoring their academic (subject) classes.
Form tutors will provide parents with most of the information about their child’s progress and any problems they might be experiencing. Ordinarily, the form tutor is the person who contacts a parent if there is a problem at school; however, the Year Leader or Guidance Teacher may contact the parents, since the form tutor has full-time responsibility as a specialist subject teacher.
==Private tutors==
A '''private tutor''' is a private instructor who [[teaching|teaches]] a specific educational subject or skill to an individual [[student]] or small group of students. Such attention allows the tutor to improve knowledge or skills far more rapidly than in a [[classroom]] setting. Tutors are often privately hired and paid by the student, the student's family or an agency. Many are used for remedial students or others needing special attention; many provide more advanced material for exceptionally capable and highly motivated students, or in the context of [[homeschooling]]. ''Tutelage'' is the process of being under the guidance of a tutor. Tutoring also occurs when one adult helps another adult student to study a specific course or subject that he/she is taking to get a better result. The adult can also let the student work on his own, and can be there if the student has any questions.
==Academic coaching==
Academic coaching is an evolution of mentoring applied to academics. Mentoring implies the student is an empty vessel into which knowledge is poured. Coaching involves a more collaborative approach, assuming the student is already in the "game" of learning. Coaches help students learn how they best learn and how to operate in an academic environment. Coaches help students learn the material in individual courses while coaches help students learn how to be successful in school. In college, that includes such topics as: [[study skills]], time management, stress management, effective reading, note-taking, test-taking, and understanding how to use a syllabus. Academic coaches meet with the student regularly throughout the semester, usually once a week. Coaches work with students in all kinds of situations, not just those who are struggling academically. Some highly motivated, high-achieving students will have a coach to improve their learning efficiency. Academic coaching also occurs to help students prepare for entrance exams to gain entry to schools or universities. Academic coaching is a huge industry in Asia. For example, in India, a majority of students be it of any class or stream, visit a coaching centre or a 'study circle'. <ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/143827.cms</ref>
==Peer tutoring==
Students tutoring other students at the same or within close proximity of age or grade level is known as peer tutoring.
==Online tutoring==
Online tutoring is a recent evolving field. Tutors use whiteboards much like classroom blackboards to communicate (draw, write etc.) with their students. The sessions are often interactive, with both student and tutor able to participate freely via video and audio connectivity. The software includes an interactive whiteboard, VOIP and text based chat.
==Solution assistance==
Solution assistance is a growing trend in the field of mathematics tutoring. This method of checking the accuracy of answers is particularly helpful for students without a computer or those students that live in remote areas.
==See also==
*[[Virtual education]]
*[[Teaching assistant]]
*[[Tuition agency]]
*[[Tutorial]]
*[[Learning by teaching]] (LdL)
== References ==
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==External links==
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