ERIC Number: EJ1122947
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0729-4360
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Perceptions of Tutoring Roles and Psychological Distance among Instructors, Tutors and Students at a Korean University
Lee, Hye-Jung; Hong, Youngil; Choi, Hyoseon
Higher Education Research and Development, v36 n1 p143-157 2017
This study explores issues related to the tutor's role when initiating tutoring as an institutional strategy at a conventional university. Based on a pilot tutoring program implemented in four college courses, we investigated the perceptions of instructors, tutors and students regarding the role of tutoring and whether it affected the psychological distance between the different types of participants. The results indicated that instructors' perceptions of the tutor's primary role and the psychological distance from the students and the tutors differed from the perceptions of the tutors and the students, perhaps because the instructors perceived tutors as a source of instructor support rather than student support. Implications and suggestions are discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role Perception, Tutors, Teacher Role, College Students, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Psychological Patterns, Social Distance, Teacher Student Relationship, Semi Structured Interviews, Questionnaires, Focus Groups, Likert Scales, Student Satisfaction, Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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