ERIC Number: EJ1185097
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 17
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Listening to Undergraduate Peer Tutors: Roles, Relationships, and Challenges
Abbot, Sophia; Graf, Anne Jumonville; Chatfield, Beverly
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, v30 n2 p245-261 2018
Peer tutoring in undergraduate education can provide many benefits to students and instructors. However, the roles and responsibilities of peer tutors can be complex and varied, even within a single program. In particular, navigating between students and faculty can challenge peer tutors' sense of purpose and role clarity. In order to bring the voices of peer tutors themselves into the scholarly conversation about peer tutoring in higher education, this article provides a case study of a peer tutoring program at a small, private, primarily undergraduate institution. We find that professor-student relationships, role clarity and expectations, and tutor positionality are significant themes in peer tutors' understanding of, and satisfaction with, their tutoring experiences.
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Undergraduate Students, Case Studies, First Year Seminars, Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Student Relationship, Listening, Undergraduate Study, Student Role, Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas (San Antonio)
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