Online tutoring, as practiced by some tutors, is more of a ‘knowledge giving process’ than ‘a tutor-child interaction’. Scientifically speaking, the latter is far better than the former. Let us understand the reason for this?
Communicating is often misconstrued as the act of talking. In reality, it is the process of ‘conveying information‘ in a language that is well understood by the participants, or the people involved in communication. Suppose a Japanese person is talking to a French woman and both are using their mother tongues. Would you call it a proper communication? Yes, (to some extent) if both can understand each other’s language well. No, if the language is alien to either of them.
What I am trying to convey is that communication has to be ‘meaningful’. I would rather use incorrect language to convey my message rather than using a language that is totally foreign to the receiver. Online Math tutoring is a complex affair only when there is lack of meaningful communication between the tutor and the student. If you are an online math tutor and you are not being able to improve the child’s performance, lack of communication might be the cause.
The same goes with a tutor specializing in homework help. No one is perfect. Perfection should not be the sole aim of online tutoring. Online tutors should strive to make child understand their concepts, and not force them to learn ideas. L.S. Vygotsky has rightly opined “Communication is at the heart of child development, be it cognitive, social, emotional or behavioral”.
The Author brings over 6 years of e-learning and online tutoring experience. Having a deep understanding of pedagogy and child psychology, the writer has developed numerous strategies to improve e-learning and online tutoring for Grades K-12 and higher through various techniques that question the conventional ways of instructing. Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/k-12-education-articles/
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