Gavin Thurairajah

In a 60 minute time period, I would spend the first 10 to 20 minutes teaching the content that the student has asked to learn about or revisit. Then the next 30 minutes or so would be spent answering questions and figuring out the best methods to solve them with students making sure the student is always clear on what is going on. The last 10 minutes or so will be used to reflect on what has been learned in that session, making sure any further questions the student has are all fully answered to the best of my abilities and then planning what will be covered in the future lessons that the student will undertake with me.
I have had previous experience tutoring younger students at my old secondary school and what I have found is that an interactive style of teaching where the student is contributing just as much as the teacher is and almost guiding themselves through answering questions with the teacher there to make sure the right steps are being taken, is much more beneficial to the student than an hour long session where the student is being talked at the entire time without being able to ask questions or practice what they have learnt. It is also much more interesting having a lesson take place in this sort of manner rather than the traditional old school method of the teacher writing stuff on a whiteboard for example for the student to copy down. This is why my method of teaching aims to be student-led with ample support from myself when required.