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tutor

  ('tər, tyū'-) pronunciation
n.
    1. A private instructor.
    2. One that gives additional, special, or remedial instruction.
  1. A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor.
  2. A graduate, usually a fellow, responsible for the supervision of an undergraduate at some British universities.
  3. Law. The legal guardian of a minor and of the minor's property.

v., -tored, -tor·ing, -tors.

v.tr.
  1. To act as a tutor to; instruct or teach privately.
  2. To have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of.
v.intr.
  1. To function as a tutor.
  2. To be instructed by a tutor; study under a tutor.

[Middle English tutour, from Old French, from Latin tūtor, from tūtus, variant past participle of tuērī, to guard.]


 
 
Thesaurus: tutor

noun

    One who educates: educator, instructor, pedagogue, teacher, trainer. See teach/learn.

verb

    To impart knowledge and skill to: coach, discipline, educate, instruct, school, teach, train. See teach/learn.

 
Antonyms: tutor

n

Definition: person who teaches another privately
Antonyms: pupil, student

v

Definition: teach someone privately
Antonyms: learn


 
Wikipedia: tutor

In British, Australian, New Zealand, and some Canadian 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 a tutor in the United States and the rest of Canada is known as a teaching assistant.

At St. John's College the professors are referred to as tutors. They serve the function of guiding the conversation and attempting to keep it focused, whether in tutorials or in seminar.

Secondary school form tutors

In English and Irish secondary schools, form tutors are similar to American home room teachers. They are given the responsibilities of a form or 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.[citation needed]

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 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. 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.

There are claims that private tutoring companies should be regulated because of the occurrence of fraud.

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. Tutors 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.

In Home Tutoring

In Home Tutoring is a form of tutoring that occurs in the home. Tutoring is receiving guidance or instruction by a tutor. Most often the tutoring relates to an academic subject or test preparation. This is in contrast to tutoring centers or tutoring provided through after school programs. The service most often involves one on one attention provided to the pupil.

Peer Tutoring

In the U.S., students tutoring other students at the same or within close proximity of age or grade level. When peer tutors are trained in the proper methods, strategies and protocols of tutoring, the evidence is clear that peer tutoring is both academically and cost effective, rendering numerous benefits for both the tutor and the tutee.

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Translations: Translations for: Tutor

Dansk (Danish)
n. - lærer, huslærer, hovmester, formynder, tutor
v. tr. - undervise, oplære, beherske, øve
v. intr. - fungere som tutor, undervise, oplære

Nederlands (Dutch)
studiebegeleider, (privé-)onderwijzer, voogd, onderwijzen

Français (French)
n. - professeur particulier, (GB, Univ) chargé de travaux dirigés, conseiller d'éducation, (US, Univ) assistant, (GB, École) professeur principal, responsable pédagogique d'année, (Mus) méthode
v. tr. - donner des leçons particulières
v. intr. - donner des cours (de)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Privatlehrer, Erzieher, Tutor, Dozent
v. - unterrichten, erziehen, Privatunterricht geben, (ugs.) Nachhilfeunterricht nehmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προγυμναστής, οικοδιδάσκαλος, δάσκαλος, καθηγητής, παιδαγωγός
v. - διδάσκω, εκπαιδεύω

Italiano (Italian)
fare il precettore, precettore, tutore, istruttore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tutor (m), professor particular (m)
v. - dominar, repreender

Русский (Russian)
учить, наставлять, частный учитель, репетитор

Español (Spanish)
n. - profesor particular, preceptor, tutor, ayo
v. tr. - enseñar, instruir, ser tutor de, disciplinar, dominar
v. intr. - darle clases privadas, ser preceptor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - privatlärare, informator, handledare (univ.), bitr. lärare (am.), förmyndare (jur.)
v. - ge privatlektioner, undervisa, handleda, instruera, träna, öva

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
家庭教师, 助教, 指导教师, 当...的教师, 指导, 教, 当家庭教师, 受家教的指导

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 家庭教師, 助教, 指導教師
v. tr. - 當...的教師, 指導, 教
v. intr. - 當家庭教師, 受家教的指導

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가정 교사, 학감, 후견인
v. tr. - 개인 교사로서 지도하다, 훈련 시키다, 억제하다
v. intr. - 가정교사를 하다, 가정교사로 임하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 家庭教師, 個別指導教官, 講師
v. - 家庭教師をする, しつける, 家庭教師として教える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مدرس, في جامعه أنكليزيه, معلم خصوصي (فعل) يدرس, تدريسا خصوصيا, يتولى ألوصايه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מורה פרטי, חונך, מדריך‬
v. tr. - ‮שימש כמורה פרטי, אימן, אילף‬
v. intr. - ‮שימש כמורה פרטי, אימן, אילף‬


 
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