Re: peer tutor training

[jwerchan@osulima2.lima.ohio-state.edu (James E. Werchan)]

>	i'm putting together a proposal for a 1-credit training course
>for undergraduate peer tutors.  This way the tutors will get something
>official in exchange for the training time we can't afford to pay them
>for--and they'll be better prepared too.  So, any ideas or references
>for what might, should, or simply must be included in training?  
>		Thank you in advance for your help.
>Kate Marsters

hi kate,
 
check these out:

	Bruffee, Kenneth A., Collaborative Learning: Higher Education,
Interdependence, and the Authority of Knowledge. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1993.
	Meyer, Emily, and Louise K. Smith.  The Practical Tutor.  New York: Oxford
UP, 1987. 
	Ryan, Leigh, The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors, Boston: Bedford Books of
St. Martin's, 1994  
        Murphy, Cristina, and Steve Sherwood, The St. Martin's Sourcebook
for Writing Tutors, New York: St. Martin's, 1995
	
I use these for a 5 hour course to prepare tutors.   I'd suggest you lobby
for a longer-term, higher-credit course, preferably upper division credit.
Your colleagues might be assuming tutoring is a low-priority, low-prestige
activity; that's BULL.

There are lots of other great books and articles.  Look for an article by
North "the idea of a writing center", reprinted in the Murphy/Sherwood book.
It's a fighting document with a real attitude; take it with a grain of salt
(or take up arms and kick some hiney yourself!).

good luck,
james werchan
osu lima
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