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STORIES — A yoga class to remember

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — A yoga class to remember

Adrienne, Yoga, UK: "I make it a point to help my students relax when doing certain poses, like a shoulder rub or quick neck rub while in child’s pose. Doing this once in a group session, a first timer, bless him, farted when I gave him a quick shoulder

Memorisation techniques for tutees

Memorisation techniques for tutees

When it comes to testing a tutee’s knowledge on the subject, then memorisation becomes an important part of the tutee’s learning process. Without this, a tutee may struggle in a test environment and therefore, not achieve their full potential. We’ve listed a few techniques below for tutors

Effective ways to provide feedback

Effective ways to provide feedback

Giving feedback to your tutee is one of the most important parts of being a successful tutor. The ability to ensure that a tutee is aware when they are doing things right or wrong means that they are able to learn, grow and ultimately succeed in the subject area they

SPOTLIGHT — Meet Leon Wright

SPOTLIGHT — Meet Leon Wright

Take a look at our interview with Leon below and learn the motivation for Mentivity and their long term plans for the future. 1. What’s your name and how old are you? My name is Leon Wright and I am 38 years old. 2. How long have you been

How To Tutor Online

How To Tutor Online

Are you interested in tutoring and have a skill you would like to share with others? Then online tutoring is the way forward. This is due to the fact that tutoring has become a very popular way of making extra money, especially after the pandemic. Now a lot of people

Keep Calm & Get Organised

Keep Calm & Get Organised

Get your classes organised When you have a lot to do, a lot of tutees to manage and a lot of classes to prepare, it can be very easy to let the admin side of it all take a downslide. As being a tutor or instructor with an increasing amount

Tutoring as a full time career? Tips for those starting out

Tutoring as a full time career? Tips for those starting out

One dream for many is to make a career out of being a tutor. To do this, you of course need to have the qualifications for your subject area of choice, valid experience and have a regular schedule of tutees and sessions. How possible is it to be a full

How tutoring helps students

How tutoring helps students

Does tutoring help students? Tutoring helps students, whether it is short term or long, with increased retention in the subject they are learning. This also applies to any form of short term courses many can learn from a tutor. If you are looking to learn a sport, personal training with

Different ways to tutor

Different ways to tutor

There are a multitude of methods tutors can use when it comes to teaching their students specific elements of their studies. Whether this is done in a classroom or a workshop, there are different ways tutors can create the right environment for their students to flourish in. 3 different strategies

Tutoring and mentoring

Tutoring and mentoring

A tutor and a mentor There are a few differences between a tutor and a mentor, despite there being a few overlaps There are cases where a mentor could become a tutor and a mentor could become a tutor, there are also cases where this overlap doesn’t occur at

The Rise Of Online Tutoring

The Rise Of Online Tutoring

Online tutoring has seen a rise, due to the increase in internet usage globally, with impacts on the education system across the globe. The effectiveness of online tutoring has also increased. A study by the Sutton Trust pre-Covid 19 discovered that 25% of secondary school children in the UK had