1. Maximizing Your Teaching Strategies Elena Maydell-Stevens School of Psychology, VUW

2. What is the goal?  Pass the knowledge  Pass the skills  What else?

3. Tutoring as interactive teaching  What is the difference between a lecture and a tutorial?  One TA: “… we don’t want to confuse them (i.e. students)…”

4. Tutorial as a form of “brainstorm”  How to facilitate small group learning process?  What to do with problematic questioning?

5. “Everybody does mistakes”  How to deal with your own mistakes?

6. “One cannot know everything”  Where does your knowledge stop?

7. “Everybody is different”  How to motivate your students?  What is your area of interest?

8. How to handle other difficult issues  Teaching your friends and fellow co- students/co-workers

9. How to be a successful tutor  Developing an effective teaching style  Start with your individual strengths  Be honest but inventive

10. GOOD LUCK!