Whose Learning?: The Role of the Personal Tutor

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK), Aug 1, 2004 - Education - 150 pages
Whose Learning? explores the concept of academic and personal tutoring and brings together established theoretical arguments; current activities in schools and classrooms; and observations gleaned from the authors’ own research. It recognises the important role of the personal tutor in working individually with his or her students, and illuminates the processes, educational relationships and learning interactions underpinning this role.
 

Contents

learning how to know
1
Chapter 02 Personal tutoring
12
the theory
32
Chapter 04 Helping students to know themselves
43
the theory
60
Chapter 06 Helping students develop skills for learning
76
the theory
90
Chapter 08 Supporting students in knowing what to learn
107
Chapter 09 Educational relationships
120
References
129
Index
143
Back cover
151
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Kate Bullock is a Senior Lecturer the Department of Education at the University of Bath. Formerly a teacher of science, she has been a research officer and lecturer in Higher Education since 1979. She has wide experience of research and evaluation in the areas of student learning, educational relationships and school organization.

Felicity Wikeley is a senior lecturer and Director of Studies for Research in the Department of Education at the University of Bath. She has taught across the age range from pre-school to adults and has been a researcher and lecturer in higher education since 1989. Her main interests are educational relationships, particulary those of parents and their children; school effectiveness and school improvement.

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