Tutoring is fun: a study investigating tutor motivation

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dc.contributor.authorBurgoyne, Meganen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJansen, Adaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSmit, Carinaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T10:02:00Z
dc.date.available2017-06-01T10:02:00Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available from AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, Stellenbosch: South Africa.en_ZA
dc.descriptionCITATION: Burgoyne, M., Jansen, a. & Smit, C. 2009. 'Tutoring is Fun': A Study in Investigating Tutor Motivation, in B. Leibowits, A. Van der Merwe & S. Van Schalkwyk (eds.). Focus on First-year success: Perspectives emerging from South Africa and Beyond. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA. 227-239. doi:10.18820/9781920338220.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: In the global higher education context, diminishing resources, growing student numbers, larger class sizes and a pressure on academic staff time, are cited as some of the reasons for the increase in use of tutors in undergraduate education (Park, 2002). The reality of reduced resources often requires departments to fulfil the dual requirement of improving the quality of teaching, while ‘doing more with less’ (Topping, 1996:321). In response to this challenge, tutorial programmes have, in many instances, become a vital part of the academic support structure of undergraduate modules (Barrington, 1999). The tutors who work on these tutorial programmes are usually young graduate students who are enthusiastic, yet have no formal teaching experience (Brailsford, Bartlett-Trafford, Bates & Mead, 2008). Contract university tutors have been characterised as ‘departmental donkeys’ (Park & Ramos, 2002), are often seen to be over-worked and undervalued and often bear the brunt of the undergraduate teaching load (Brailsford et al., 2008). While the range of educational advantages for students participating in tutorial programmes is well researched, the benefits of tutoring, as experienced by the tutors themselves, should not be underestimated. Peer tutoring requires tutors to, for example, re-acquaint themselves with knowledge of their discipline they have already acquired, which may have a positive impact on their own studies (Topping, 1996). Peer tutoring, often promoted by the mantra ‘teach once, learn twice’, is characterised by ‘specific role-taking as tutor or tutee, with high focus on curriculum content and usually also on clear procedures for interaction, in which participants receive generic and/or specific training’ (Topping, 2005:632).en_ZA
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dc.format.extent13 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBurgoyne, M., Jansen, a. & Smit, C. 2009. 'Tutoring is Fun': A Study in Investigating Tutor Motivation, in B. Leibowits, A. Van der Merwe & S. Van Schalkwyk (eds.). Focus on First-year success: Perspectives emerging from South Africa and Beyond. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA. 227-239. doi:10.18820/9781920338220.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-920338-22-0en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn978-1-920338-12-1 (ebook)en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.18820/9781920338220
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101666
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAFRICAN SUN MeDIAen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartFactors influencing the learning process in first-year chemistryen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartIntroduction: Perspectives on the first-year Experienceen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartStudent and Staff Portals as Support Channels for the First-year Acadmenyen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartStudent Perceptions of the Factors Influencing their Success in First-year Accountingen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartWhat Makes a 'Good' First-year Lecturer?en_ZA
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101618
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101672
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101671
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101669
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101667
dc.rights.holderAFRICAN SUN MeDIAen_ZA
dc.subjectMotivation in educationen_ZA
dc.subjectEducation, Higher -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectTutors and tutoring -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectUndergraduates -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleTutoring is fun: a study investigating tutor motivationen_ZA
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