Home Tutoring: Opportunities for Online Tutors
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Although much home tutoring is carried out by parents, some families enlist external help and employ online tutors as a supplement to their own teaching. Home tutoring is a popular option for families when: Learners have failed to thrive in traditional schools children are unable to attend school because of illness or disability or because they live in a remote area families are temporarily living abroad
Parents reject the educational philosophy underpinning locally available services.
Online tutoring has a clear role to play in the home tutoring arena. Though some parents who homeschool are dedicated to accomplishing the task by themselves, and according to their values, many are also open to using online tutors. One of the criticisms of home tutoring is that learners are not exposed to the wider world in the way that ordinary school-goers are. Online tutoring goes part way to addressing that problem. Online tutoring and online learning communities fulfil several of the functions that conventional education offers. Homeschooled learners planning to get into university often benefit from assistance from online tutors with test preparation (such as SAT and ACT). For children who are homeschooled in another language, online tutors can assist with English language teaching and English language proficiency testing.