This is an important title for all academic and professional staff within higher education (HE) who have a personal tutoring, student support or advising role.
It examines key topics in relation to tutoring including definitions, coaching, core values and skills, boundaries, monitoring students, undertaking group and individual tutorials and the need to measure impact. Throughout, the text encourages reflection and the need to think critically about the role of the personal tutor.
A scholarly and practical text, it comprehensively brings together relevant academic literature to inform tutoring practice as well as contextualising the role within the HE policy and quality assurance landscape.
Please also see The Higher Education Personal Tutor’s and Advisor’s Companion where the themes of this book are illustrated by real life case studies form universities around the UK.
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Foreword by Professor Liz Thomas
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is a personal tutor?
Chapter 2: Core values and skills of the personal tutor
Chapter 3: Setting boundaries
Chapter 4: Key activities: identifying and supporting student populations
Chapter 5: Key activities: effectively supporting all stages of the student lifecycle
Chapter 6: Using solution-focused coaching with students
Chapter 7: Reflective practice and professional development
Chapter 8: Measuring impact
Chapter 9: What next?
Index
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Ben W Walker is a senior lecturer in Educational Development at Oxford Brookes University where he supports colleagues to gain fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, delivers staff development and undertakes educational research projects. In previous roles at the University of Lincoln, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Derby, he supported a wide range of trainee teachers and existing practitioners. He was programme leader of the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and has been an invited keynote speaker at national and international conferences. As co-author of books and journal articles on personal tutoring, he is at the forefront of professional development and research in this field and committed to developing it further. Find out more about Ben at http://benwwalker.co.ukAynı yazardan daha fazla e-kitap / Editör
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