Why is Online Tutoring Important? Online Vs In-Person Tuition in 2020: How Primary School Pupils are Bouncing Back From COVID-19
The benefits of online tutoring are ever more apparent to parents and teachers. An inevitable consequence of the rise of education technology and the E-learning phenomenon. The last decade has seen parents increasingly open to using online tutors to boost their child’s performance at school.
The global tuition market is set to grow by more than £46 billion from 2019-2023. Online tuition is a huge sector of that market, with a 50% boom in the use of online tutors in 2020 alone. All of this considered, it is clear why parents turn to online tuition to prevent their kids from falling behind in key subjects such as maths.
Learn more about why online maths tutors are more popular than ever in 2020.
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Online tutoring reduces the impact of COVID-19 fallout:
In an average 6-week UK school summer holiday, experts suggest primary school children’s maths ability regresses by 2-3 months. Therefore, when we consider the summer holiday of 2020 coupled with several months of lost learning due to school closures, parents have good reason to be concerned. The 2020 KS1 and KS2 SATs are officially cancelled, but they are scheduled for 2021.
Online tutoring Vs face to face tutoring:
There are pros and cons to both. However, in the context of today it’s worth nothing that online tutoring is the only viable option. While some parents and teachers may recommend face to face tuition, because of health and safety it will be some time before this is logistically possible.
Why choose in-person face to face tutoring over an online tutor?
Perhaps your child is more likely to engage with a tutor if they are physically present. Many parents express concern that online tutoring is less likely to teach discipline. In the presence of a tutor, children can get to know them rather than just looking at a person on a screen.
It might be the case that your tutor was, or still is, a real-life teacher. That’s reassuring right? It suggests they know about the national curriculum and have years of experience under their belt. Don’t forget that there’s less screen time so that’s another bonus – Hooray!
If you find yourself agreeing with the above, is it because you’re tentative to embrace modern technology? If so, let’s see if we can change your mind…
Online tutors offer all the same, and more than face to face tutors:
Communicating online is the new norm. We communicate with our loved ones on Skype or Facetime. Some of us may have started new jobs without ever meeting our new colleagues face to face! Education has successfully transitioned to the digital world. Yes, it is new. However, it is working.
Kids can build successful teacher-student relationships with their online tutors. Why? Kids are great at adapting to new technologies. They learn faster than us adults! Online tuition services use engaging online video lessons and virtual, interactive classrooms that introduce kids to a world of learning that has been reinvented. Did you know that kids retain 25-60% of their online learning in comparison to just 8-10% in the presence of a teacher? Let’s not forget it is also safer to learn with online tutors because children can learn from the safety and comfort of home. Finally, online tutoring is significantly cheaper!
Is online tutoring safe?
No doubt every parent has this concern – rightly so! We are all too aware of the vigilance we must exercise when our children use the internet. This needs to extend to online tutoring.
How to find a reputable online tutor?
Most websites with listings of online tutors should have verified their identify and credentials. Don’t forget that if you are buying into their service then you have the right to see these in more detail.
At larger online tutoring services such as Think Academy UK, we verify all our tutors’ credentials such as university degrees and teaching qualifications in addition to a full DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. This ensures that our online tutors have no criminal record and are safe to teach children online.
You can view some of our online tutors here:
Online tutoring gives you access to the UK’s best tutors!
With in-person face to face tuition, parents are left with limited options depending on where they live. The tutor needs to work or live within a reasonable distance from the child’s home or school. Schedules are also limited. This significantly restricts the quality of tuition available, depending on where you live.
A benefit of online tutoring is that location does not matter. Not only does this make it flexible and convenient, parents can choose from a wide pool of tutors from all over the UK. This allows them to select only the best! At Think Academy UK many of our online tutors are also primary school maths teachers with several years’ experience. They have a superb understanding of the national curriculum and are experts at preparing KS1 and KS2 students for their SATs.
Online tutoring takes learning to the next level!
Goodbye boring textbooks and work sheets. If motivating your child to learn maths is challenging, online tuition could be the solution. Engaging maths classes with enthusiastic teachers in a safe and adaptive online learning environment is often better suited for children.
They want to learn, but it must be fun. At Think Academy, we like to teach kids in small groups where they can still receive the undivided attention of their tutors but still interact with their peers. Online classrooms are fully interactive, introducing kids to new ways of learning. This personalised element to tutoring maths is something that is only possible using the wonders of EdTech.
This has multiple benefits for primary school pupils. While learning to love maths, they’re successfully preparing for their SATs while staying safe and better familiarising themselves with new technologies – fundamental to their future education.
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