Sayings for Mentors and Tutors
- Publisher
- Brush Education
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2001
- Category
- Quotations
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550592221
- Publish Date
- Jan 2001
- List Price
- $4.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
A superb tutor is a magnificent blend of subject mastery, compassion and efficiency. A mediocre instructor may not show these things, but they are the very make-up of a tutor and a mentor. Without subject mastery, tutors are stricken. Their place is to explain a matter that is misunderstood, ungrasped, or even more dauntingly, to explain higher and higher concepts to an enthralled mind. Their motives are to reassure, to remedy, to reveal, to inspire—and to find the best way of doing these things. Expertise implies efficiency. This book contains 84 pages of insightful and enlightening sayings that will inspire mentors and tutors.
About the author
David C. Jones is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary. He has written or edited over twenty-five books, including the award-winning Empire of Dust.