Tutoring institute is giving away a booklet with 50 anti-learning tips
The study group is celebrating its 50th anniversary: In the anniversary booklet there is a learning tip for each year that it is better not to follow
Exactly 50 years ago, Studienkreis founder Jürgen Hholdt had the idea of giving children and young people tutoring in small learning groups. What started as a holiday job in 1974 has developed into one of the largest tutoring institutes in Europe. To mark its anniversary, the study group has now published an original free booklet entitled “50 anti-learning tips”. It can now be picked up at the study district’s tutoring schools – while stocks last. The anti-learning tips are also available to download at studienkreis.de/50-anti-lerntipps (https://www.studienkreis.de/infothek/gratis-broschueren/50-anti-lerntipps/).
But be careful: the 72-page booklet only contains tips that it is better not to follow as a student. “Do your homework on the bus, the best learn under the toughest conditions”, “Don’t drink anything while studying, your body is made up of 60 percent water anyway”, “Don’t write anything down in class. This will train your memory.” Anyone who puts such advice into practice is guaranteed not to improve their grades. But if you do exactly the opposite, you can definitely benefit from it. The “50 Anti-Learning Tips” was illustrated by the cartoonist and caricaturist Michael Holtschulte – known to many for his cartoon series “Dead, but funny”. If you would like to find out more about Michael Holtschulte, you can experience him in the Studienkreis podcast “Die alten Reihe” ( studienkreis.de/die-last-zeile () alongside host Max Kade.
Tutoring then and now
“We want to help children and young people improve their grades, fully develop their academic potential and have a successful start in life,” says study group spokesman Thomas Momotow. “We have always seen this as our task, and these principles have not changed to this day.” The main thing is to get students out of the downward spiral of bad grades and demotivation. It is therefore important to set realistic goals together and to praise the children and young people even for small progress.
As in 1974, the teachers mainly give their lessons in small learning groups of three to five students. “When learning with others, children and young people see that they are not alone with their problems. One can sometimes explain something to the other – that creates a sense of achievement,” says Momotow. Often it’s not just about difficulties with the teaching material. Many girls and boys also have to learn how to study first. An important goal of the support is therefore to ensure that they are later able to get their learning problems under control independently.
Unlike 50 years ago, the students of the study group today have a wide range of digital support at their disposal, for example, if necessary, a spontaneous live chat with a teacher, an online learning portal with many videos and exercises, numerous online courses and your own tutoring app. The Studienkreis is not only a pioneer in the field of institutional tutoring, it was also the first major provider to launch online tutoring over ten years ago. Since then, it has been possible to take tutoring digitally in addition to or as an alternative to face-to-face lessons.
The future of tutoring is hybrid
In the future, the study group wants to link the advantages of location-based face-to-face tutoring even more closely with those of online tutoring. The tutoring institute has been on the path to hybrid tutoring for over a year alongside its new owner GoStudent. GoStudent is Europe’s leading EdTech company and one of the largest online tutoring providers in the world. “Hybrid tutoring means maximum flexibility for our students,” says Thomas Momotow. With this form of group tutoring, learners can take part in tutoring lessons both at the study group locations and from the comfort of their own home. You have the option to switch between offline and online tutoring at any time.
Contact
Studienkreis GmbH
Thomas Momotow
Universittsstr. 104
44799 Bochum
0234/9760-122
www.studienkreis.de