Re: peer tutor training

["Andrew J. W. DeGroat" <ajd@tardis.svsu.edu>]

[snip]
> 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
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Kate,
	I am a student at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan, and I took
a tutor training course last semester in order to tutor in our _new_
Writing Center.  I strongly suggest "The Practical Tutor" by Meyer et al as
did Sir James.  I also used "The St. Martin's Sourcebook fo Writing Tutors"
by Murphy et al and found it very helpful.  Those were the only two books
that I used in the 3-credit English483 course (yes, upper-level credit,
James), but I have also heard rave reviews about "The Bedford Guide...." 
There are a number of online resources that are available in the tutoring
field, but I can't think of them right now.  I will post if I find them.

Good luck to you, and I hope the course is a great success!  As a result of
the course that I was in, many of my fellow classmates are coming back to
the Writing Center to tutor for this semester.

For the advancement of writing
Andrew John William DeGroat
Saginaw Valley State University
ajd@tardis.svsu.edu