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==Definition of Tutor==
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The definition given here seems too narrow. At some universities, especially in Britain and in countries that only recently (i.e., < 150 years) becaome independent of Britain, '''''tutor''''' is one of the academic ranks of members of the faculty. [[User:Michael Hardy|Michael Hardy]] 19:39, 19 Aug 2003 (UTC)
::Is anyone able to elaborate on this? [[User:Nicknz|Nicknz]] 05:08, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
:To state that the equivalent of a 'tutor' in British universities is a US 'teaching assistant' may be confusing and slightly offensive to some lecturers! In the UK, a tutor is simply someone who leads a tutorial group. This, however, may well be the head of department as well as a postgraduate student. I believe that a teaching assistant is usually only a postgrad in the States?
[[User:Dim]] 10:13, 28 April 2006
::A US teaching assistant is essentially the same thing as a 'tutor' in a Canadian, Australian, or New Zealand University. By 'tutor' we must surely mean someone employed as such. Even though a head of department, professor, lecturer, etc. may lead a tutorial, they are essentially replicating the role of a tutor which is, itself, a stand-alone position in most universities, usually occupied by a postgraduate student. I don't think a 'tutor', properly understood, does much more or less than a teaching assistant. I was under the impression that there were academics employed in British universities with the designation 'tutor' - my interest is really in discovering how they differ from a 'lecturer' or a 'tutor' as understood in the Commonwealth countries? [[User:Nicknz|Nicknz]] 22:56, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
::Might I suggest an alternative:
:::''In British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand universities, a tutor is a postgraduate student assigned to conduct a seminar for undergraduate students, often known as a tutorial. In some cases a lecturer will fulfil the role of the tutor, particularly in the United Kingdom. The equivalent of a tutor in the United States is known as a teaching assistant''.
:::[[User:Nicknz|Nicknz]] 00:33, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
::::I have to correct you, and provide additional information, because the main entry is inaccurate. In British universities a tutor is a member of staff that is specifically assigned to a group for pastoral care during the student's time at the university. A tutor's responsibilities are above and beyond that of a teaching assistant. As a rule, they will not include those delegated academic duties provided by a TA at an American university or college. Most tutors are normally called in their full title in administrative papers as "personal tutors", responsible for all duties relating to the student's relations between personal and academic life, and will normally hold an additonal position as lecturer, senior lecturer, academic coordinator, etc, first before they are given student groups to look after. Given this, any alternative suggestions? [[User:Poochiedontsurf|poochie]] 03:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

:::::In the US, a tutor is not definately not the same function or position as a teaching assistant. I think that sentence needs to be deleted but I don't want to step on toes. I did, however, submit a broader definition of tutor and put that at the top of the page. [[User:NaliniL|NaliniL]]

I agree that a general definition or introduction that might encompass the range of usages of the term tutor might be helpful. What happened to the broader definition, NaliniL? The article seems to jump right into details which can be confusing.[[User:Ahnie|Ahnie]] ([[User talk:Ahnie|talk]]) 00:34, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

==St. John's College==

Added information about St. John's College tutors. User:LC'sGoonSquad Andy G. 16:03, 10 Aug 2004

: @sgoonsquad - why is this school ^ important in the generic definitioon of a 'tutor'!? [[User:Bosky101|bosky101]] 12:52, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

== Secondary meanings ==

''To '''tutor''' someone is also a [[slang]] term for engaging in sexual activity.''

Really? Can we have a source? [[User:Flapdragon|Flapdragon]] 13:56, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't think this is true [[User:69.116.65.159|69.116.65.159]] 01:05, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

== Link Spam ==

Does anyone know where to locate the Wikipedia policy on links? Some of the links that people add to this page are suspiciously commercial-looking. -- [[User:Nicknz|Nicknz]] 23:57, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


:Yes, I've been deleting some of them repeatedly. The person rewrites them everytime and sent me this email I think she's a newbie, so let's assume good faith.

<nowiki>This is the only contact information I could find about you I could find for you. I could not find how to respond to your message.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:69.158.108.170&redirect=no

"Please stop adding commercial links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks."
I have NOT added ANY commercial links to Wikepedia. Kindly stop deleting the links I add to sources that are purely informational and NOT commercial. How the heck could a collection of articles by various writers from various organizations be construed as commercial. I don't even OWN the site or have any financial interest in it.
http://www.linkdomain.com/widgit.html
I am adding the link back in.
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:To reply to your inquiry, the fact that the link is not commercial doesn't mean that it can be added to Wikipedia. The external links are used mainly as quotations and references to prove the factual accuracy of the article and not to promote website (even if they are not commercial). Moreover, editors who do not create an account and edit from IPs are more suspicious. [[User:Bruguiea|Tony Bruguier]] 01:19, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

::The Wikipedia policy is [[Wikipedia:External_links|here]]. A simple [[WHOIS]] on <code>linkdomain.com</code> and <code>yourdomain.com</code> reveals that they were purchased through the same [[registrar]] and have two physical address close geographically which may conflict with item 3 of [[Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided|that policy]]; but let's [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|assume good faith]] for now. [[User:Bruguiea|Tony Bruguier]] 01:42, 10 July 2006

:Okay here is my first stab at this. I hope I get the format right. If I haven't got the format right, please fix it. Also, am I supposed to add in the daes od do they get added in? I have edited this page to remove my personal information and address as it is my residence and I don't want my personal address and information blasted all over the net. The e-mail I sent was off-line as I didn't know how to contact you otherwise.

Okay first of all, I didn't know this:

"To reply to your inquiry, the fact that the link is not commercial doesn't mean that it can be added to Wikipedia. The external links are used mainly as quotations and references to prove the factual accuracy of the article and not to promote website (even if they are not commercial)."

In other words, it's like a footnote. Okay I get that now. Thank you for clarifying. So if one wants to edit the article and add content about the topic, the external links are for footnotes. I thought external links was for other sources of information about the topic.

In terms of your other points, the Greater Toronto area is a HUGE. Just because two people live in the Toronto area does not mean that they know each other or that they are connected. Also, we have a limited number of registrars and ISPs in this area. If someone is going to select a local ISP or registrar it is likely to be either Sympatico (owned by Bell Canada), AOL Canda, Primus, idirect (which owns domain direct) or a handful of others. You are likely to find considerable overlap between Canadian web sites in terms of where they are registered.

As far as me not registering there is nothing sinister here. I have not had time to contribute a lot and therefore didn't think it was necessary. I will go ahead and register now. Please be patient. It will take soem time to become completely familiar with the ins and outs of Wikipedia and when I have more time to contribute content (which I would love to do), I will look into it further. Thanks. 10:26, 9 July 2006

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:I have now registered. Once again thank you for the clarification. Also, please post the link to the contribution and editing guideliens. I am having trouble locating them. Thanks.

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== Usage of "tuition" ==

People in the United States and probably some other countries are not going to understand the titles "Private tuition" and "Online tuition". To them, tuition is the fee that you pay to go to a university, college or a private school. Also, that meaning is what the Wikipedia article [[tuition]] is about and it is the first meaning given in the American Heritage Dictionary (unfortunately, I do not have access to the Oxford English Dictionary). Therefore, I am going to change the titles to "private tutoring" and "online tutoring". Is this understandable for people in the U.K. and elsewhere? -- [[User:Serw|Serw]] 08:53, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

== Capitalization ==

It looks like a lot of the capitalization in the article is unnecessary. Check out all of the capitalizations in the first paragraph.

:In English '''Secondary Schools''' the '''Form Tutor''' is similar to an American '''Home Room Teacher'''. They are given the responsibilites of '''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'''.

I do not think that these generic positions should be capitalized. For example, in the [[school counselor]] article, "school counselor", similar to "Guidance Teacher" in the paragraph above, is not capitalized in the article title or in the article. Non-educational positions, like [[sheriff]] and [[physician]] are not capitalized, either. I think that they should be made lowercase. -- [[User:Serw|Serw]] 09:29, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

== Online tutoring - Merge proposal ==

I propose merging the section [[Tutor#Online tutoring|Online tutoring]] with the section [[Tutorial#On_the_Internet|On the internet]] on the [[Tutorial]] page. Online tutoring is not appropriate for the [[Tutor]] page and is just an invitation for people to [[linkspam]]. — [[User:Nicknz|Nicknz]] 20:35, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
:There would seem to be an existing article at [[Online tutoring]] which seem to have the topic covered, I would propose simply removing this text since there is already a link to that article in the 'see also' section. [[User:Kuru|<font color = "#cd853f">'''Kuru'''</font>]] [[User talk:Kuru|<font color = "#f5deb3"><sup>''talk''</sup></font>]] 15:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

==Total confusion==
This article in its current state is hopelessly confused. It first claims that "tutor" is the British term for a "[[home room]] teacher", but later claims that it's the equivalent of "[[teaching assistant]]". It has a whole lot of stuff involving Year Heads and Guidance Teachers (inappropriately capitalized); are these terms actually widespread even in Britain? From there it goes into information on tutoring, and thence into information on online study programs. Probably the best thing to do is delete this whole article and replace it with a disambiguation page pointing to [[Education in the United Kingdom]], [[Teaching assistant]], [[Tutoring]], and so on. ([[Tutoring]] is currently a redirect to [[Tutor]]; maybe it should get a stub article, or maybe it doesn't need one.) --[[User:Quuxplusone|Quuxplusone]] 08:12, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
:I have shifted the part about English form tutors to a sub-section of the article (as opposed to the introductory section, which was completely inappropriate). This should resolve some of this confusion. [[User:Nicknz|Nicknz]] 08:41, 18 February 2007 (UTC)


I am new to editing wikipedia but I'd like to contribute to this page. I, too, found it confusing and I have added a definition of 'tutoring' to the top section so that there is some starting point about what any tutor does.[[User:NaliniL|NaliniL]] 16:53, 22 February 2007 (UTC)Nalini [[User:NaliniL|NaliniL]]

Hi again. I am not familiar enough with the history of edits. Did someone delete the definition that I providing for "tutoring"? Here is it again. I solicited this from the Executive Director of the National Tutoring Association and I think it's of value. A lot of the article stresses that tutors are students or teaching assistance. However, there is much more about the one-to-one education efforts of qualified and training tutors. In other words, this is not only about helping someone get their homework completed or to study for a test. One-on-one tutoring can held a learner (any age) to become a more successful self learner. This is why I would like to have this definition included: "Tutoring is a holistic process where a student and a tutor make a mutual journey to discover and practice academic and life skills while searching for and repairing the academic disconnect that has kept the student from becoming a fully self-facilitated learner. The tutor's responsibility is to understand and clearly communicate course material to the student in a manner that facilitates an improved level of proficiency in the subject as well as an increased overall sense of self-esteem for the student."

== Linkspam warning ==

I'm not sure if it's kosher, but I inserted a comment in the External Links section that warns against linkspam. I'm guessing that most linkspammers are just uninformed, so hopefully that will cut down on the amount of spam. - <font color="black">[[User:Pingveno|Pingveno]]</font> <small>( <font color="black">[[User_talk:Pingveno|talk]]</font> | <font color="black">[[Special:Contributions/Pingveno|contrib]]</font> )</small> 19:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
:It certainly couldn't hurt! [[User:Kuru|<font color = "#cd853f">'''Kuru'''</font>]] [[User talk:Kuru|<font color = "#f5deb3"><sup>''talk''</sup></font>]] 00:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

==CRLA==

Should we make mention of the tutoring requirements as recommended by the College Reading and Learning Association? -[[User:EarthRise33|EarthRise33]] 02:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

== History ==

Toward a more insightful article, one might include this observation of [[Andrew Forsyth]] (1935):
:...a new profession arose -- not officially recognized: open to all; for there was neither a test of admission nor means of exclusion: that of the '''private coach'''. He made it the business of his life to prepare candidates for the examination. ... the examiners changed from year to year. But the private coach was continuous. He accumulated experience and skill: he sifted all examination papers, recent and old alike: he codified mathematical knowledge into small tracts or pamphlets, kept in manuscript for his own private prescription for his own set of students.
::"Old Tripos days at Cambridge", Mathematical Gazette 19: 162-79.
A more detailed story of the evolution of tutoring at Cambridge is given by Andrew Warwick in ''Masters in Theory''. He also explains the rift with the standard instructors which generated the need for tutoring. Clearly this article can fit the role of tutor into education when expectations and student maturity have been addressed.[[User:Rgdboer|Rgdboer]] ([[User talk:Rgdboer|talk]]) 22:16, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

==Another definition of tutor?==
I have seen early 19th Century court documents from New Orleans that refer to the appointment of a "tutor" for an orphan ("tutee"). Apparently, this tutor acted as a guardian. Perhaps this was a carry-over from the [[Napoleonic Code]]. [[User:Bruin2|Bruin2]] ([[User talk:Bruin2|talk]]) 14:34, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

== Added Citation ==

The In Home Tutoring vs Online Tutoring chart was pulled from a website. I added the appropriate citation. <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:JasonHoldEm1234|JasonHoldEm1234]] ([[User talk:JasonHoldEm1234|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/JasonHoldEm1234|contribs]]) 03:27, 12 February 2011 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== DIT ==

i am Rahim From Peshawar i want to do DIT what is Dit sent me the whole information about DIT <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/119.156.31.5|119.156.31.5]] ([[User talk:119.156.31.5|talk]]) 20:09, 2 April 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Home Tutoring vs. Home Schooling Chart ==

Is it OK if I add this chart to the article? It succinctly clarifies many common misconceptions between home tutoring and schooling. I can cite it appropriately as well.[[User:JasonHoldEm1234|JasonHoldEm1234]] ([[User talk:JasonHoldEm1234|talk]]) 17:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

{| class="wikitable"
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! Topic !! In Home Tutoring !! Home Schooling
|-
| Location || The student's home or public location || The student's home
|-
| Certification || No certification or license required || In some states it is recommended a home schooling program must be certified and approved by the local school district, although not necessary.
|-
| Instructor || Typically a college graduate, but in theory anyone can be a tutor || Again, in some states the instructor must be a state certified teacher, with all the licenses and credentials recommended by both the state and local school district
|-
| Material Covered|| K-12 and College Subjects || K-12; very rarely is home schooling held for college level courses
|-
| Time of Instruction || After school hours || Any time of the day, although typically during school hours
|}
Source: http://www.tutorbungalow.com/in_home_tutoring.php

:I removed the material as a blatant copyright violation. We can not simply cut-and-paste material into Wikipedia articles. [[User:ElKevbo|ElKevbo]] ([[User talk:ElKevbo|talk]]) 15:52, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

==Crown Tutoring==
the same people who spammed the home tutoring page, took our table, the original content concerning home tutoring out, and put theirs in, I putting back the content that was originally hear and we are the creators of the home tutoring page

([[User:Brodaiga|Brodaiga]] ([[User talk:Brodaiga|talk]]) 15:28, 12 August 2011 (UTC))brodaiga

:I'm sorry but I'm not following you. In any case, the material you re-added was in violation of copyright so I removed it. [[User:ElKevbo|ElKevbo]] ([[User talk:ElKevbo|talk]]) 15:52, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

== crown tutoring copyright, I am the owner ==

you have removed my entries for copyright on the tutoring pages, I am the copyright owner, I wrote the table and am the owner of
Crown Tutoring, INC. What would you like to see?

== crown tutoring copyright, I am the owner ==

you have removed my entries for copyright on the tutoring pages, I am the copyright owner, I wrote the table and am the owner of
Crown Tutoring, INC. What would you like to see? <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Brodaiga|Brodaiga]] ([[User talk:Brodaiga|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Brodaiga|contribs]]) 16:10, 12 August 2011 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== copyright crown tutoring ==

I am the copy right owner of CT, and this content was readied

--[[User:Brodaiga|Brodaiga]] ([[User talk:Brodaiga|talk]]) 16:20, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

== Edits of 26 June ==

I tried to clean up the "private tutoring section" a bit. I tried to make it read less like promotional material from a tutoring company and more like an encyclopedia entry. Here are specific justifications for some of my edits.
* Tutelage is '''not''' "the process of ... begin under the guidance of a tutor." It's a much more general term. If you don't believe this, see, for example, "tutelage, n.". OED Online. June 2012. Oxford University Press. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/207851 (accessed June 26, 2012).
* I found the sentence that discribed "mentoring" as implying that the student is "an empty vessel into which knowledge is poured" to be inaccurate. Nothing in any definition of "mentor" that I've seen (e.g., the OED's) carries this implication. Besides, the sentence reads like promotional material for a company offering self-styled "academic coaching".
* Academic tutoring, as I understand it, can mean tutoring in any academic context, not just students tutoring other students.
* Private/personal tutoring are not the same as in-home tutoring, as private tutoring can occur in places other than homes.

[[Special:Contributions/66.244.80.6|66.244.80.6]] ([[User talk:66.244.80.6|talk]]) 17:17, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

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