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Supporting and Tutoring Learners

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CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION - YEAR 1 SUPPORTING AND TUTORING LEARNERS ASSIGNMENT Introduction 'Being a tutor is about taking on a particular responsibility for supporting individual students' Chandler (2001:23). If only it were that simple! The responsibility in becoming a tutor is enormous. The advanced skill and knowledge that have to be attained is no mean feat and in my experience can take a few years to adjust to. This combined with diversity in our learners' needs makes tutoring a specialist role that must to be taken very seriously. Who is my Learner? My learner is a 25 year old mother of a 3 year old child. For the purpose of this assignment I will refer to her as X. She is not working at this time and is receiving financial support from the state. Why this Learner? There are a number of reasons that I chose X for my study. Primarily it was because she has mild dyslexia...

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