Tackling the personal tutoring conundrum: A qualitative study on the impact of developmental support for tutors

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Walker, Ben 2020. Tackling the personal tutoring conundrum: A qualitative study on the impact of developmental support for tutors. Active Learning in Higher Education.
AuthorsWalker, Ben
Abstract

The significance of personal tutoring continues to increase as a result of contextual developments and the outcomes of key research on student retention and success, and yet these developments simultaneously create significant challenges in delivery within the pastoral model of personal tutoring. In addition, it remains an under-developed and under-researched area. Personal tutors’ needs and concerns have been established, and assessment of an intervention to address them has been recommended. This study examines the impact of the intervention of tailored professional development materials for tutoring within a pastoral model created in response to these issues. It reveals the usefulness of this developmental support and the need for such guidance for this work. It is argued that there are implications in terms of approaches to tutoring within this pastoral model, developmental support provision and a need for consistency of standards in personal tutoring across the sector.

Keywordspersonal tutoring; professional development; contextual developments; higher education, personal tutoring, professional development, professional standards, student support, teacher education
Year2020
JournalActive Learning in Higher Education
PublisherSAGE Publications
ISSN1469-7874
1741-2625
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/624896
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hdl:10545/624896
Publication dates10 Jun 2020
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Deposited18 Jun 2020, 10:35
Accepted15 Sep 2019
ContributorsUniversity of Lincoln
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