Editing Tutorial (section)

== Academia ==

=== Tutorial class ===

In British [[academia|academic]] [[parlance]], a tutorial is a small class of one, or only a few [[student]]s, in which the [[tutor]], a [[lecturer]], or other academic staff member, gives individual attention to the students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Definition of 'tutorial'|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/tutorial|website=Collins English Dictionary|access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref>

The [[tutorial system]] at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] is fundamental to methods of teaching at those universities, but it is by no means particular to them; [[Heythrop College]] ([[University of London]]), for instance, offers a tutorial system but with one-on-one teaching. Another example is [[Imperial College London]], where tutorials in groups of 3 take place.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tutorials|url=http://www.imperial.ac.uk/engineering/departments/electrical-engineering/study/current-students-course-handbook/tutorials/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=Imperial College London|language=en-GB}}</ref> It is rare for newer universities in the UK to have the resources to offer individual tuition<!-- Did the author intend to use the word “tuition,” or based on the context, should it rather read, “tutoring?” ~~~~Mark Halsey -->;  a class of six to eight students is a far more common tutorial size. At Cambridge, a tutorial is known as a '''supervision'''.

In [[Tertiary education in Australia|Australian]], [[Education in New Zealand|New Zealand]], and [[Education in South Africa|South African]] universities, a tutorial (colloquially called a '''tute''' or '''tut''') is a class of 10–30 students. Such tutorials are very similar to the Canadian system, although, tutorials are usually led by [[Honours degree|honours]] or [[postgraduate]] students, known as 'tutors'.

At the two campuses of [[St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)|St. John's College, U.S.]] and a few other American colleges with a similar version of the [[Great Books]] program, a "tutorial" is a class of 12–16 students who meet regularly with the guidance of a tutor.  The tutorial focuses on a certain subject area (e.g., mathematics tutorial, language tutorial) and generally proceeds with careful reading of selected primary texts and working through associated exercises (e.g., demonstrating a Euclid proof or translating ancient Greek poetry).  Since formal lectures do not play a large part in the St. John's College curriculum, the tutorial is the primary method by which certain subjects are studied.  However, at St. John's the tutorial is considered ancillary to the [[seminar]], in which a slightly larger group of students meets with two tutors for broader discussion of the particular texts on the seminar list.

Some US colleges, such as [[Williams College]], offer tutorials almost identical in structure to that of an [[Oxbridge]] tutorial. At Williams, students in tutorials typically work in pairs alongside a professor and meet weekly, while alternately presenting position papers or critiques of their partner's paper.

=== Tutorial schools ===

There are also specialized schools for tutoring such as, [[Kumon]] and EduHub. These supplemental hands-on learning programs are especially popular in Asia.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC | title = Meet the 'tutor kings and queens' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20085558}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=New York Times | title = Tutoring Spreads Beyond Asia's Wealthy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/world/asia/06iht-educlede06.html}}</ref>

=== Conference tutorials ===
Offered as a service or deliverable to its members, conference tutorials are one example of a continuing education activity sponsored by a technical and professional association.

===Private study===
A tutorial in high schools in the United States may also mean a session for [[homework]] or other private study.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chs.fuhsd.org/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1231079660677 |title=Cupertino High School: Tutorial in the Library |website=www.chs.fuhsd.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122120636/http://www.chs.fuhsd.org/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1231079660677 |archive-date=2010-01-22}} </ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shorelineschools.org/site/default.aspx?DomainID=868|title=Homework Club / Homework Club|website=www.shorelineschools.org}}</ref>