| Tutoring Qualifications | | | | GCSE syllabus is likely to have moved on since they |
| Required level of qualification for Tutoring | | | | were taught the subject at GCSE level. |
| Quality of teaching is not always directly related to | | | | It might be more appropriate for the PhD student to |
| the level of education. Some subjects ofcourse will | | | | tutor under graduates and A-level students. |
| require a good understanding of the curriculum, but | | | | There are several minimum requirements we would |
| there is no reason to believethat the higher the | | | | suggest when considering what tuition levelyou should |
| education the tutor has, the better at tutoring they | | | | be tutoring. For academic subjects, the tutor should |
| are. | | | | at least have a bear minimumqualification in the |
| For argument's sake, let us use an example of GCSE | | | | subject they are teaching. However, we would |
| Biology. A PhD student in biology may beable to | | | | advise at least to have onefurther level up, |
| teach Biology very well, but this is not to say a tutor | | | | preferably 2 levels of qualifications upwards. For |
| with only an A-level in biologywill be any worse | | | | example GCSE studentsof Mathematics should be |
| better at teaching GCSE students. | | | | taught by tutors that hold a good grade in Maths |
| It's not the level of qualification that makes you a | | | | A-Level or |
| good tutor, but your ability to teach thesubject. | | | | Mathematics degree level. |
| Having a deeper knowledge of the subject from | | | | These requirements are not by any means a rigid |
| further education can be an advantage,but it can also | | | | mould, merely a suggestion. It might be thatsome |
| be considered a hindrance when one considers how | | | | tutors are better suited to teach older individuals and |
| long the education takes. | | | | other tutors have methods thatbetter apply to |
| A beginner tutor with a PhD in biology may not even | | | | younger students, regardless of their educational |
| remember doing their GSCEs, while the | | | | background. |