The six teachers who participated in the group tuition projects all have years of successful teaching practice behind them based on one-to-one tuition. Yet they have had the courage to test out uncharted waters and challenge themselves and their role. They have encountered challenges along the way, but they have concluded that the group tuition trial has been successful; they are noting that the students are benefiting greatly from the group lessons in a number of ways. The students are saying the same. All the participants have had such a positive experience with group tuition that they have continued to work with the format. In other words, they have found that both they and their students can benefit from daring to try something new and unfamiliar.
We believe there is great, and partly unexploited, potential in giving the students an opportunity to learn together and from each other. By sharing our experiences from the six different group tuition projects, we hope that we can give other teachers inspiration and courage to explore this potential.