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To Australia’s teachers:
You’re the experts, YourTutor is the safety
net.
To Australia’s teachers:
We aim to support your workload, support parents, and grow students’ persistence,
confidence, and learning outcomes.
What we hear from teachers:
98 per cent of teachers feel their time is increasingly taken up by bureaucratic, administrative, and compliance tasks
1,000 teachers surveyed by the Australian Education Union, ACT Branch, September 2014
Out-of-hours workload is increasingbecause of online delivery:
10 or 20 years ago, you never would text a parent, but there are more ways we
can communicate now and a lot of time can be spent with this kind of
communication.
Teachers haven’t been good at that - separating work and home.
They’ll take home certain parts of their work to at home but we all know that with
teaching you can spend hours and hours and hours every week. It’s endless and
so we’ve got to have the disconnect.
Dr Nicola Johnson, Senior Lecturer School of Education, Federation University
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Students: After-hours, Australian students study 6 hours a week; an hour more than the OCED
average.Education at a Glance report released by the OECD, 2014. Public school 5.1 hours/week, Private school 7.4 hours/week.
How do Australian students compare…?
US and Japanese students were given an impossible maths problem.
The US students struggled for 15 seconds then gave up.
The Japanese students were still struggling after an hour.Study by Dr James Stigler, The National Commission on Mathematics And Science Teaching For The 21st Century
Anxiety
Worry
Interest
Flow
Control
RelaxationBoredom
Apathy
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Low
Low HighSkill level
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s “Flow Model”Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University
We all have different skills.
Every student approaches a challenge uniquely, and have a different
‘struggle’ limit before they give up.
Educators know that getting
“stuck” on a challengeis just part of learning.
What’s important, is what the student does next…
Anxiety
Interest
Flow
Control
RelaxationBoredom
Apathy
High
Low
Low HighSkill level
Chal
leng
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vel
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s “Flow Model”Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University
Worry
Anxiety
Worry
Interest
Flow
Control
RelaxationBoredom
Apathy
High
Low
Low HighSkill level
Chal
leng
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After-hours study, and the flipped classroom, don’t work effectively when
students can’t progress past:
…worry, anxiety, interest…Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s “Flow Model”Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University
Anxiety
Worry
Interest
Flow
Boredom
Apathy
High
Low
Low HighSkill level
Chal
leng
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vel
That’s how we help.
When a student is stuck, YourTutor helps them get
unstuck.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s “Flow Model”Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University
Control
Relaxation
Anxiety
Worry
Interest
Flow
Boredom
Apathy
High
Low
Low HighSkill level
Chal
leng
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vel
YourTutor is after-hours, one-to-one
help
to develop persistence, confidence, and
achievementMihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s “Flow Model”Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University
Control
Relaxation
After 3pm
YourTutor is:
- To support flipped learning
- When teachers aren’t able to offer one-to-one responses to 30 unique student enquiries
After 3pm Trusted local
teachers
YourTutor is:
- To support flipped learning
- When teachers aren’t able to offer one-to-one responses to 30 unique student enquiries
- Only the best teachers, tutors, and university experts
- So that schools across the country can trust the support is ethical and of the highest-standards
After 3pm Trusted local
teachers
On-demand guidance
YourTutor is:
- To support flipped learning
- When teachers aren’t able to offer one-to-one responses to 30 unique student enquiries
- Only the best teachers, tutors, and university experts
- So that schools across the country can trust the support is ethical and of the highest-standards
- Moments of intervention
- So students receive the guidance to move past anxiety
- To catch learning opportunities before students give up
How does YourTutor work?
How does YourTutor work?
How does YourTutor work?
When a student gets stuck
He or she signs in, usually via the school’s intranet system.
The tutor helps students discover the answer on their own, to develop confidence as well as learning.
Where can students use YourTutor?
At schoolAt home/sAnywhere with an internet connection
3pm – late, Sunday to Friday
Who are the online tutors?
Hundreds of the best, local Australian teachers, tutors, and university experts
See who they are:yourtutor.com.au/tutor-biographies
What subjects can the tutors help with?
English skills and conceptsEssay writing
Creative writing
Maths – GeneralMaths (Years 7-10)
Maths - IntermediateMaths - Specialist/Extension
AccountingBusiness studies
CommerceEconomics
BiologyChemistry
General sciencePhysics
Engineering Studies
Library SkillsReferencing
Assignment researchReport writing
SpeechesStudy skills
Students can also drop off a file for feedback
One of our expert tutors will provide the student with personalised feedback in 24 hours.
English and writing help?
A hat tip to you for the YourTutor help, my result in my latest physics test has greatly improved and was in fact
the top mark in the class! thank you!!!
Banksia Park International High School Student, 2014
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In September 2014, students aged 13 – 18 were asked:Has YourTutor helped with your marks at school?
85% said “Yes”
"Students who use YourTutor do better overall."
Saue Kokonis, Academic Director, Swinburne Online
A hat tip to you for the YourTutor help, my result in my latest physics test has greatly improved and was in fact
the top mark in the class! thank you!!!
Banksia Park International High School Student, 2014
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YourTutor offers an independent voice, not a voice that will rewrite the assignment, story or essay, but a critical voice that can assist the students to improve their work.
There is no doubt that those students who use the service regularly have benefited. Just receiving feedback
that makes them think about their writing is a huge advantage.
Babs Helleman, Head of English, The Kings' School NSW
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"YourTutor provides an excellent opportunity for students to take control of their learning whilst at the same time it encourages a love of learning and a culture of learning
across the school community."
Christopher Gold, Principal, St John's College Nambour
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What a lovely experience. Actually focused on how to tackle the question instead of just giving me
answers. As a Chinese student studying in Australia, It is kinda hard to understand all the
concepts in class,Because I’m a ESL speaker ,I would need that extra help, but the teacher wont
have enough time to help everyone,This is where Yoututor really stand out from the rest of the
online tutoring sites.At first I thought its another tutor website with tonnes of scripted lines and
bots,I didn't give much hope to it ,until I tried it today,Its just like a tutor that helps you in every
subject.Now, not all tutors can do that and all of this are just for FREE.I will be using Yoututor more
often,improving on my English skills and essay writing. I'm glad to be one of the students
witnessing the turning point of future education.
ZeMing Jiang, Year 11 student, Western Australia
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We all know students are busy and distracted.
You can consistently remind students YourTutor is free for them,
exclusively and unlimited as part of their enrolment.
Contact your local YourTutor Director for free staff information, to set up a staff training, for free materials and template email copy, student training videos, and
more.
Teachers, how can you use YourTutor with your students?
“Need to get unstuck on English, maths, or your writing? Get on-
demand help from the ‘YourTutor’ service: Real life experts waiting
to help with your question, 3pm to late, Sun-Fri.
You need to sign in through the school LMS and click ‘YourTutor’.
Tip: Copy and paste this text for your next email to students, or to add to the student forum, intranet space, or your out-of-hours email
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