Can you talk a little more about creating independent learners in private vs class lessons?
I find in my private teaching that I’m less likely to allow my students to have a healthy struggle with their difficulties. It’s just too easy to step in and solve their problems, but that strategy won’t help every student internalize how to practice. Teaching in groups helps me keep in check the tendency to help out too much. Q: Do group lessons also provide advantages for the teacher? Yes! The biggest advantage is how much the teacher learns. I can say without hesitation that I’ve learned more about how children learn from teaching in groups than from my other teaching. Class teaching requires us to confront and examine how we think about teaching. It requires us to plan more carefully, think more clearly and be more creative. Groups compel us to constantly clarify and refine our vision of how children learn with an urgency not always felt teaching privately. Q: Are there disadvantages? Class teaching is intense work both in terms of planning and teaching. My planning time each week
