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| Rationalist Tutor |  Rationalist tutors encourage individualism, autonomy, intellectual curiosity and achievement in their students. As a core need of Rationalists is to pursue competence, these types of tutors are often experts in their field. Rationalists typically love their subject and are able to communicate this enthusiasm to their students. Such tutors strive to inspire, encouraging students to seek out answers themselves. They try to structure their lectures logically, tying each statement into the theme of the lesson. Such teachers carefully choose specific words to emphasize the correct meaning. Their concentrate on relationships and complex components.
Students of Rationalist tutors are likely to know where the teacher stands regarding discipline and expectations for achievement. The Rationalist’s approach is subject-centered, so they tend to be impersonal in their approach. Rationalist tutors take it for granted that students want to learn and therefore seldom verbalize appreciation for learner efforts. Sometimes they can be unaware of the emotional climate of a classroom and may continue a planned lesson when the students would benefit more from another sort of experience. Rationalists have a tendency to move too rapidly for many students, assuming all students have gained knowledge if something has been explained once.
Rationalist tutors enjoy designing new curriculum, seeking new tactics to teach the same subject matter. Their abstract vision of reality helps them to apply inventive new approaches to solving problems and teaching. Such tutors encourage individual study, providing challenging assignments. Students are often expected to do research and are recognized for exhibiting curiosity and ingenuity. Often they will talk about visions or designs, carefully describing relationships and systems and can spend hours discussing strategies and precise categories. Rationalist teachers encourage classroom debates, providing the discussion is intellectually stimulating.
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