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Why find a personal tutorBy Yves Simon on November 29th 2012

Employing a private tutor was once the preserve of theprosperous few These days private teaching is a supportavailable much more widely than any other time Peoplesearching for private instructors have better choices along withpersonalized help available for learners in a lot of differentsubjects

Private tutoring can consist of a specialist teacher attendingthe actual learners home Using the growth of the net andhigh speed broadband private teaching can also be availableonline Several private instructors use a combination ofindividualized tutoring given on the students home (or anyother mutually decided location) along with the possibilitiesthat online studying offers

Precisely why find a non-public tutor

Educational institutions schools colleges and universitiesobviously teach peeople Sometimes it really is individualconsideration that really helps make the difference Theeffectiveness of one-to-one tutoring the foundation of nearlyall private educating should never be overlooked Its not hardto discover why private instructing can be so successful Anexperienced instructor will be able to identify where a studenthas expertise gaps or difficulties

Private teaching can be particularly useful for kids younglearners and adults The increase of on-line tutoring has hadhelp to millions of individuals

Private teaching online

For many millions of individuals private teaching over theinternet can be a lifeline

From homework assistance to more particular subjectteaching or test prep personal teaching can create a bigdifference to educational and also career outcomes In acompeting world where qualifications and also achievementcount private tutoring is an option well worth thinking about

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Some quotes that can help youmove ahead in lifeBy Yves Simon on November 29th 2012

If you need some motivation to move ahead in your life todaytry out one of these 20 encouraging quotes to get your daystarted

ldquoTwenty years from now you will be moredisappointed by the things that you didnrsquot do than bythe ones you did do So throw off the bowlines Sailaway from the safe harbor Catch the trade winds inyour sails Explore Dream Discoverrdquo- Mark Twain

ldquoGet going Move forward Aim High Plan a takeoffDonrsquot just sit on the runway and hope someone willcome along and push the airplane It simply wonrsquothappen Change your attitude and gain some altitudeBelieve me yoursquoll love it up hererdquo- Donald Trump

ldquoI took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of myheart I am I am I amrdquo- Sylvia Plath

ldquoOpportunity is missed by most people because it isdressed in overalls and looks like workrdquo- Thomas A Edison

ldquoI decided very early on just to accept lifeunconditionally I never expected it to do anythingspecial for me yet I seemed to accomplish far morethan I had ever hoped Most of the time it justhappened to me without my ever seeking itrdquo- Audrey Hepburn

ldquoKnowledge has to be improved challenged andincreased constantly or it vanishesrdquo- Peter Drucker

ldquoIf you donrsquot pay appropriate attention to what hasyour attention it will take more of your attention thanit deservesrdquo- David Allen

ldquoIrsquod rather be a failure at something I love than asuccess at something I haterdquo- George Burns

ldquoThe miracle is not that we do this work but that weare happy to do itrdquo

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- Mother Teresa

ldquoLearn from yesterday live for today hope fortomorrow The important thing is not to stopquestioningrdquo- Albert Einstein

ldquoI find hope in the darkest of days and focus in thebrightest I do not judge the universerdquo- Dalai Lama

ldquoCharacter cannot be developed in ease and quietOnly through experience of trial and suffering can thesoul be strengthened ambition inspired and successachievedrdquo- Helen Keller

ldquoAnd no we donrsquot know where it will lead We justknow therersquos something much bigger than any of ushererdquo- Steve Jobs

ldquoReal integrity is doing the right thing knowing thatnobodyrsquos going to know whether you did it or notrdquo- Oprah Winfrey

ldquoTalent is cheaper than table salt What separates thetalented individual from the successful one is a lot ofhard workrdquo- Stephen King

ldquoBig jobs usually go to the men who prove their abilityto outgrow small onesrdquo- Ralph Waldo Emerson

ldquoIf they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread theycan sure make something out of yourdquo-Muhammad Ali

ldquoNever give up for that is just the place and time thatthe tide will turnrdquo- Harriet Beecher Stowe

ldquoIt is by going down into the abyss that we recover thetreasures of life Where you stumble there lies yourtreasurerdquo- Joseph Campbell

ldquoIn essence if we want to direct our lives we must takecontrol of our consistent actions Itrsquos not what we doonce in a while that shapes our lives but what we doconsistentlyrdquo- Tony Robbins

Study Skills for SuccessStudy Smarter not HarderBy Yves Simon on November 29th 2012

Far too many people study harder rather than smarter and endup burning out Sitting and passing exams is supposed to getyou ahead in life ndash not make you tense and a nervous wreck

With simple and effective techniques you can massivelyincrease your ability to pass exams Here are a few tips to getthe most out of your study time

Use lots of color Using color in note taking and study willincrease your ability to remember and recall information Itmakes your notes more exciting to reread and learn

Use felt pens of different thicknesses colored pencils andcrayons Use your favorite colors highlight key informationand make notetaking fun

Talk about the information as much as possible When yousay information out loud it is reinforced in the brain Haveyou ever asked someone to remind you to do something Dothey usually need to remind you Not usually When you saysomething out loud it comes out of your mouth and back intothe brain through your ears Talk about the information youare learning to yourself friends family or even the dog Justsay it out loud

Study at ldquomy best thinking timerdquo Are you a morningafternoon or late night person Study when you are most alertIf you prefer to stay up late at night study at this time One ofthe worst times to study is the one hour after school Take timeto refresh and relax before doing homework or study

Study the information you donrsquot know This may soundobvious and is a major key to successful study Take out oldtest and exam papers and learn the information you got wrongWhen you get your test marks back celebrate if you have a passmark However it is the questions you got wrong that are themost important to learn This is how you will improve

Study for 20 minutes with 5-minute breaks Having shortstudy times increases the retention of information and avoidsthe brain lsquochunking outrsquo or forgetting During a five minutebreak eat brain food get some fresh air or do some quickexercise to keep the blood and oxygen flowing to the brainAlways leave your study environment during this five-minutebreak to give the brain some variety and a change of focus

Frame important information Putting a frame aroundinformation makes the brain focus within the frame and canraise comprehension This is such a simple strategy and worksIf you are a doodler and often draw all over the page whenlistening or thinking doodle frames around the edge of the

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page ndash it will increase your ability to recall and remember theinformation within the frame

Review your notes one day after learning them Reviewing orperiodic revision of material is needed to reactivate the storedmemories and prevent information from being buried underother data The more recent regular and fun the review isthe easier it will be to recall Research shows if you go overyour notes the next day your recall can stay at up to ninetypercent however waiting three days before you re-visit yournotes drops recall down to thirty percenthttpwwwlifeboundcomblogeducatorsstudy-skills-for-success-study-smarter-not-harderFor tutoring in Math French and Spanish visitwwwndeswikidotcom

5 Simple tips for better gradesat high schoolBy Yves Simon on November 29th 2012

Even though your teen is out of diapers you still have a hugeinfluence on them They still look up to you and want to makeyou proudYour support throughout their high school years will havean enormously positive effect on their grades and attitudetowards school and studyingIt can be difficult to know just exactly how you can help yourteen with their studies After all itrsquos probably been a whilesince yoursquove opened a math or chemistry bookSo here are 5 practical things you can do with your teen to helpthem reach their academic potential at high school

1 Figure out their learning styleDespite what many people think anyone can learn how tostudy effectively To do so your teen simply needs to figure outwhat study habits and techniques work for THEMPart of learning how to study as effectively as possible involvesfiguring what your predominant learning style is Once yourteen knows what theirs is they can integrate study techniquesassociated with this style into the way they studyNever again will they have to be frustrated by not knowingwhat to do when they sit down to study

2 Make a weekly timetableThe most common topics parents ask us about are motivationand time managementHow can I get my teen to do school work regularly How canour family fit everything in during the school weekSound familiarTherersquos something wonderfully powerful about schedulingstudy time in advance So our answer is to draw up a timetableof your teenrsquos normal school week and let them assign thetimes when theyrsquore going to complete homework andorstudy

3 Figure out some lsquoReasons WhyrsquoTherersquos one very consistent difference between motivatedteens and not so motivated teenshellip

Motivated students have personal reasons WHY itrsquosimportant to do well at schoolMotivated students all have some idea as to what they wantto do when they leave school Either they have a career inmind or a college they want to go to or they simply know itrsquosimportant to keep their options open by getting great grades Unmotivated students who arenrsquot feeling driven to do wellshould think about THEIR futureWhat are they interested in What can they see themselvesdoing in 5-10 years time Do they want to work at thesupermarket for the rest of their days or would they like to geta good education and have the world as their oysterHave a chat with your teen about what reasons will motivatethem to get off the couch and over to their desk

4 Goal GradesAnother great motivator for any student is for them to decidewhat grades they want to aim for this year This will give yourteen a target to work towards ndash something to keep focused onSecondly when they achieve their goal grades theyrsquoll be sochuffed with themselves it will spur them on massively to keepgiving school their best shot Therersquos nothing like the sense ofaccomplishment and reward that comes with achieving goals

5 Study with themStudying can be a chore Especially when exams are loomingBut it doesnrsquot have to be a total slog 100 of the time You canhelp your teen study effectively and make it more enjoyable bygetting involvedFlash cards are a fabulous tool you can use with your teen andtheyrsquore incredible simple to makeIt is also helpful for parents to ask questions from their theirkids study notes when they study for exams It doesnrsquot matterif you donrsquot understand the content of what your teen hasbeen studying ndash just you asking questions from their notes willmassively help their recallIf you can talk about the real life relevance of what theyrsquorelearning it will show them WHY what theyrsquore learning isimportant This plays a huge part in keeping your teeninterested in their school work So sit down and have a chatabout what theyrsquore learning and why theyrsquore learning it You know your teen better than anyone so you may find thatthere are tons of other things you can do at home to helpthem enjoy what theyrsquore leaning and improve their memoryretention

THE DIFFERENTPERSPECTIVES IN THE STUDYOF BEHAVIORBy Yves Simon on November 29th 2012

The behaviorist perspective The behaviorism is a psychological theory that studies theobservable behavior by establishing the relationships betweenthe stimuli and the responses This theory emanates from theAmerican psychologist John Broadus Watson who believesthat psychology should study the external phenomena ofbehavior that is measurable to the opposite of what is internalnot measurable Watson contended that psychology should

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study measurable responses from stimuli of the environmentHis model is the laboratory experiences of the biologist IvanPavlov Pavlov found that dogs salivate to the ring of a bell ifthat bell was previously associated to food Pavlov explainedthis phenomenon in terms of laboratory conditions rather thanin terms of mental processes

Pavlov believed that salivation is an observable event that canbe measured by laboratory instruments He considered absurdto try to determine what a dog or a person thinks But herelies a question Is human behavior identical to animal behaviorbecause of the similarity of the biological structures Is it truethat the animal behavior is identical to the human behavioreven though the same conditions produce the same effectsBesides the obvious similarities of the physical structures ofman and animal are these two beings different philosophicallyif you consider man as a physical and intentional system atthe same time Another question here is can you considerthe animal as a physical system and an intentional systemat the same time By intentional system we mean a systemthat has a mind or who can think If this can be establishedman and animal would be identical But it is not accepted thatthe animal has a mind but it is accepted for man Thereforeman and animal are not identical The Watson theory cannotapply to man because of the differences between the two(man and animal) Then it is not true But lets continuewith the behaviorist theory The psychologist BF Skinnerfrom Harvard university introduced the concept of reinforcingconditions According to him organisms learn to behave in acertain manner because they are reinforced to do so Skinnerdemonstrated that animals in laboratory could learn a varietyof simple and complex behaviors because they have beenreinforced Many psychologists believe that it is possible toexplain all behaviors in terms of the sum of events learned byreinforcement

The cognitivist perspective

The cognitivist psychologists are interested in the study ofmental processesThey attempt to explain our perceptionsand our mental representations of the external world ourways of solving problems our dreams and reveries Theyare concerned by the study of the spirit ie the part ofthe consciousness concerning perception and the state ofconsciousness

The structuralismWilhem Wundt the father of scientific psychology pretendedthat spirit is a natural phenomenon and can be studied thesame way as the heat light electricity etc Wundt introducedthe concept of introspection to study the fundamentalprocesses of thought Wundt and his colleagues exposedthemselves to a variety of sounds and images and attempt todescribe the sensations and emotions expressed in regard tothese stimuli Wundt and his students founded the school ofpsychology known as structuralism The structuralism tries todefine the content of the conscious experience by decomposingit in sensations emotions and imagesThe functionalism

By the end of the nineteenth century William Jamespsychologist at Harvard university concentrated himselfon the relationship between the conscious experience andbehavior According to James experience is fluid and

continued and cannot be decomposed in elements as easilyas proposed by the structuralists James noticed the way thatexperience allowed ourselves to live in the most adapted wayJames founded the school of functionalism that studies therelationship between the experience and its applications inthe environment He concentrated himself on the formationof habits or repeated experiences or responses to a stimulibecame conscious The habits responses are also analyzed bythe behaviorists but being tied to personal experience theybelong to the cognitivist thoughtThe gestaltismThe argument of gestalt psychologists is that the humanperception cannot be explained in terms of single units Theyclaim that we tend to perceive elements of information asintegrated sets or according to the context in which ourperceptions take place They studied the role of insight in theresolution of problems by animals and humans Their findingssuggest that faced to a problem we play with its mentalrepresentation until we regroup the elements that allows us toperceive the solution These manipulations take time but oncethe appropriate regrouping is found we perceive the solutionsuddenly

The cognitive developmentThe cognitive tradition includes several fields of studyThe study of the swiss psychologist Jean Piaget on thethe cognitive development of the child inspired thousandsof research projects noticeably in genetic psychology andin psychopedagogy Piaget research concentrates on howchildren and adults represent the world and how they reason

The cognitive perspective and aggressivenessThe cognitive psychologists affirm that our behavior isinfluenced by our values our perception of the situation andour choices Those who believe that aggression is justifiedtend to act accordingly Those who dont act differently Piagetstates that our moral judgment varies with maturity A childtends to act aggressively according to hisher age

The humanismThe humanist psychology is a recent tradition issued fromthe cognitivist tradition Its elements of concentration are thehuman consciousness the knowledge of self and the ability tomake choicesThe Psychoanalytic perspective

The fact that people are motivated by deep impulsions and thatdreams reflect unconscious desires are today deeply rootedin our culture This influence comes chiefly from one manSiegmund Freud (1856-1939) Freud a Viennese physicistwho came to the US to escape the Nazi tyranny founded thepsychology school known as psychoanalysis For many peoplethe psychoanalysis is considered as the true psychology butthe experimental psychologists continue to question it Freuddisciples continue to refine and modify his theory

To the opposite of psychologists who mostly worked ina laboratory setting Freud acquired his understanding ofthoughts emotions and the human behavior thanks to

clinical interviews with his patients He astonished of thelittle insight they manifested by about the motives of theirbehavior Some of them justified the most awful behavior by

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absurd explanations Others took the opportunity to blamethemselves of all the evils that struck the human race

Freud believed that hidden impulses mainly the primarysexual and aggressive impulses had a greater influence on thehuman behavior than the conscious thought He also believedthat the activity of the mind is unconscious and that this mindis a boiling tank of impulsions envies and desires Peopletend to satisfy the impulses while avoiding to be condemnedby others and themselves They tend to deceive themselvesabout the the real motive of their behavior The Freudspsychotherapy known as psychoanalysis helps people to beconscious of their deep conflicts and to find socially acceptableways to express their desires and to satisfy their needsThe psychoanalytic perspective and aggressiveness

Freud pretended that aggressive impulses were in part theconsequence of the frustrations of the daily life Howeverchildren learned to repress their aggressive behavior to avoidparental punishment Face to the slaughter of the first worldwar he came to talk about thanatos or instinct of deathThanatos constitutes according to Freud the final expressionof the human unconscious desire to return to the state ofcomplete calm that prevailed before birth Research didntsucceed to demonstrate the truth about the psychoanalyticmethod Psychoanalysts pretend that the the demonstrationmethods used in laboratory were inappropriateThe biological perspective

Psychologists suppose that the nervous system particularlythe brain is rsponsible of every thought fantasy dreamor mental image that we produce Psychologists arrived todemonstrate that some parts of the brain were responsible ofa certain number of emotional responses and behavior

Yves Simon Educator