Just like a coin has two faces, similarly everything has its pros and cons. Face-to-face tutoring has been in vogue since the 16th century. This learning is different from distance learning, where the teacher and the student show up at the same venue for the learning process.  Before analyzing the pros and cons of one-on-one learning, let us have a brief look at the history of tutoring and how it has evolved over the span of years.

History of tutoring:

1. The origin of teaching dates back to the times of ancient Greeks i.e. in 400 BC. It dates back to times when great scholars like Socrates would catch up with his fellow companions to discuss and share his philosophical thoughts and ideas.
    
2. Then the first-ever university was found in the 11th century. The students were taught by the masters at the university. These masters were considered so important in those times that students would just mention the name of the master they graduated from rather than naming the university.
    
3. Then in the 12th century, The Church Education started. Before this time, education rights were only given to a selected group of students, and likely, they were elite people. However, with the concept of church education in 1179, education was made accessible to the poor as well.
    
4. After this, in the era of the 16th and 17th-century official tutoring began in the universities. In this era, the teachers were often seen as parental figures for the students.
    
5. In the 19th and 20th century free education for all started where everyone had the right to be educated and had access to education. In countries like the UK, education became mandatory for the students.
    
6. Modern-day tutoring has been in vogue for 20 years. Research studies depict that as of the year 2016, over 40% of the students from London have had some or the other form of private tuition.

Well, this is how evolution has taken place in education over the years. Now let us look at the pros of face-to-face tutoring.

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Pros of face-to-face learning

1. The foremost advantage of face-to-face learning is that you will be able to concentrate on the subject completely as there will be fewer distractions around you than if you would be at home or other places.
    
2. You will be able to have a greater understanding of the concepts when you will be given real-world examples and illustrations from the teachers and other students around you. With the vast illustrations and examples, you will be able to have a wide picture of things on a specific subject.
    
3. There is a greater chance that you will complete the course work or the syllabus in face-to-face tutoring than distance learning.
    
4. You can gather different visions and perspectives from the way the teacher and other students deliver the understanding of different subjects and concepts.
    
5. You will have the opportunity to connect with different students and get their point of view on theories and other concepts which you might be finding hard to cope with, which is not possible in distance learning.
    
6. Effective learning is only possible through face-to-face learning because the learning process takes place physically.

Cons of face-to-face learning

1. It wastes the time of the students as well as the tutor to reach the specific destination to teach the students, whereas, this time can be utilized to learn more things and be creative.
    
2. The cost of this learning is comparatively higher than distance learning because the travel expenses, parking expenses, and other fees are also included other than the tuition fee.
    
3. There will be days or times when you will skip some of the sessions due to the traffic or getting late into the class.
    
4. In face-to-face learning you will be able to ask the questions and clear the doubts only when you have the teacher in front of you, after that you will have to wait for the next day for the class or the session to ask questions from the tutor, thus you will be required to wait for the class time in order to clear your doubts.
    
5. You will not have much hold on the usage of technology as the classes will take place offline, that is, like traditional learning where you will have the teacher right in front of you and there is no usage of the technology.
    
6. The delivery method of the teacher will be monotonous as the teacher will come and deliver the lecture every day and thus it will follow a specific pattern and become boring for the students.

These are the pros and cons of face-to-face tutoring. Looking at the pros one can think and give this learning a shot but then looking at the cons of the same, this learning is not considered an effective way of learning. The students can give this a try and select the mode of learning that best fits their needs.