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What, exactly, was a good tutor? A caring and student-attuned instructor who presented clear learning objectives, assessments, and specialized feedback until, eventually, that student demonstrated a real grasp of the material.
Salman Khan • Brave New Words
Aristocratic tutoring was not focused on measurables. Historically, it usually involved a paid adult tutor, who was an expert in the field, spending significant time with a young child or teenager, instructing them but also engaging them in discussions, often in a live-in capacity, fostering both knowledge but also engagement with intellectual subj... See more
Erik Hoel • Why We Stopped Making Einsteins
If we go back in time tutoring had a much broader scope, acting as the main method of early education, at least for the elite. Let's call this past form aristocratic tutoring.
Erik Hoel • Why We Stopped Making Einsteins
Aristocratic tutoring was not focused on measurables. Historically, it usually involved a paid adult tutor, who was an expert in the field, spending significant time with a young child or teenager, instructing them but also engaging them in discussions, often in a live-in capacity, fostering both knowledge but also engagement with intellectual subj... See more
Childhoods of Exceptional People
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning)
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I had one traditional teacher, Doug Spitz, but the way I was taught was very nontraditional.
Elena Nezhinsky • Buddha on a Bull: A Practical Approach to Enlightenment (Complete Humanity Series Book 1)
Kiril Thompson writes, “Cultivation then is a multifaceted process of interpersonal practice, attitude building and continuous learning whereby one seeks to fulfill one’s inner ‘mandate’ and become a ‘consummate person’, socially involved and cosmically attuned.”