Muthu Mariappan - Home Tutor

I have 18 + Years of exp in Training and developments, Administration Placements in various colleges and Institutions.
Tutor roles are primarily to:
1. Facilitate a learning climate that is open and non-threatening but rigorous. The
students should be comfortable enough to identify their difficulties openly, to challenge one
another and to admit when they "don't know".
2. Be familiar with the learning objectives of both the Unit and the programme as a whole as a guide
to continuous learning and a backdrop for evaluation.
3. Encourage critical thinking and ensure that the students' knowledge is challenged and probed.
4. Ensure that objective, rigorous, but evidence-based assessment occurs in the Unit.
5. Recognise the evolving process of group development and the different roles that a facilitator
plays at various stages.
Tutor responsibilities include:
1. Attending orientation sessions and regular meetings arranged for tutors
2. In consultation with group members determining when and where tutorials will take place
3. Identifying one person(s) to make the necessary room bookings and keep members of the group
informed of administrative details.
4. Determining the group rules and structure of tutorials.
Tutor Skills include:
1. Facilitatory teaching through:
- asking non-directive, stimulating questions, challenging students as appropriate
- presenting consequences of student conclusions, opposing views, cues as necessary
- indicating when additional external information is required
- referring students to resources
2. Promoting group problem solving and critical thinking by helping students:
- to examine a range of phenomena, from the molecular level to the family and
community level
- to critically assess/appraise evidence supporting hypotheses
- to define issues and synthesise information
3. Promoting efficient group function by:
- assisting the group to set early goals and a plan which can be modified
- sensing problems in tutorial function and helping the group to deal with them
- making students aware of the need to monitor group progress
- serving as a role model for productive ways of giving feedback
4. Promoting individual learning by:
- helping students to develop a study plan, considering students goals and
programme goals
- assisting students to improve study methods including the selection of appropriate
learning resources
5. Evaluation through:
- reviewing and clarifying course goals with the group
- helping students define personal objectives
- assisting students to select appropriate evaluation methods
- evaluating demonstrated learning achievement and ensuring that the student gets
feedback
- reporting on individual student learning progress.