January 21, 2019
A Good Tutor is the Ultimate Critical Friend
by Harry Hortyn & Callie Phillipson When reading Simon Creasey’s article about delivering tough feedback, we found it interesting just how many of his key points are ….
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by Harry Hortyn & Callie Phillipson When reading Simon Creasey’s article about delivering tough feedback, we found it interesting just how many of his key points are ….
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His poems have appeared in magazines including Agenda, Agni, The Dark Horse, Literary Imagination, The London Magazine, The New Criterion, New Statesman, Oxford Magazine, Poetry ….
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One of the main appeals of attending an Oxford Summer Courses program is that we teach in a unique Oxford and Cambridge style of learning ….
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For these blog posts I thought I would write a series on the value of the tutorial system of teaching. Oxford and Cambridge, as I ….
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One of the best side-effects of the tutorial system is the increase in your academic self-confidence and belief in your own intellectual ability. Being put ….
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The whole point of teaching is that the pupil leaves with a better understanding (or at least on the way to a better understanding) of ….
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One of the great strengths of the tutorial system is that you are forced to defend your position. The benefit of having to present, clarify ….
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The Tutorial is structured around the essay you write. Before you go to the tutorial you will write an essay on a question set by ….
Read moreAugust 30, 2013
I’ve just come out of a brilliant Modern British Government tutorial here at my College (Brasenose) and It’s inspired me to write something about the ….
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