The Rowman & Littlefield Guide for Peer Tutors
The Rowman & Littlefield Guide for Peer Tutors

Author: Daniel R. Sanford

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-05-27

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1538135531

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The Rowman & Littlefield Guide for Peer Tutors introduces college students to the field of peer tutoring, providing a theoretical background and practical guidance for peer tutors in higher education. Taking an innovative approach firmly grounded in the science of learning and cognition, the text guides college students in thinking critically about their work as educators and in making informed choices in working with learners. A vibrant, engaging read, the text covers topics essential for all peer tutors, across writing, mathematics, the sciences, languages, and other disciplines: the brain-based reality of learning, active and collaborative pedagogies, the role of learning centers in colleges and universities, models for tutoring, the transition to college, metacognition, study strategies, online environments, and much more. An ideal supporting text for both tutor training programs and courses for peer educators, this book provides support for learning and writing center administrators in welcoming college students to the field of peer-led learning and for tutors in the work of acting as guides and mentors to the fields of inquiry that exist within the academy.

A Training Guide for College Tutors and Peer Educators
A Training Guide for College Tutors and Peer Educators

Author: Sally A. Lipsky

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780137145089

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For courses in Training Tutors, Peer Education and Mentoring, Paraprofessional Helping and Leadership Strategies. A Training Guide for College Tutors and Peer Educators presents relevant and research-based methods for successful academic support sessions for tutors and peer educator trainees in an adaptable, user-friendly, and interactive format. By mirroring appropriate methods for organizing and presenting material in an academic support session, A Training Guide for College Tutors and Peer Educators allows the reader to experience for themselves the practices and strategies they will apply as future tutors and peer educators. Based on solid learning theory, the activities, assessments, examples and features included in this flexible and engaging text simulate recommended peer educator practices and emphasize guiding college students to become active, self-monitoring and independent learners. While teaching readers the key, research-based elements of quality peer assistance, this first-edition guide also incorporates a comprehensive list of topics represented in certification programs. Peppered with practical examples and interactive problem-solving scenerios that readers can immediately apply in their positions, trainees will learn how to plan for sessions, how to assess students' learning, how to create collaborative activities, how to integrate college learning strategies, and how to approach common issues faced on the job.

Peer Tutoring
Peer Tutoring

Author: Edward E. Gordon

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9781578861736

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This guide gives teachers specific instructional methods to help students raise their skills and critical thinking abilities and provides step-by-step guidance in designing a tutoring program, training the tutors, and conducting meaningful assessment and evaluation.

Students Helping Students
Students Helping Students

Author: Fred B. Newton

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-05-27

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0470630906

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This second edition offers a practical training guide for college students who serve as leaders, tutors, counselors, or advisors for their peers. This thoroughly revised and updated volume contains a fundamental discussion on student growth and development and provides learning objectives and self-discovery exercises to help student leaders with tasks such as tutoring, student orientation, residence hall advising, crisis intervention, coaching, and more. Students Helping Students includes: Updates on the most current research and the latest advances in technology A revised model that contains service learning and student retention programs The results of two intervention strategies: the Health Behaviors Assessment and the College Learning Effectiveness Inventory, which focus on the topics of wellness and academic success Descriptive overviews of peer programs addressing sexuality, safety, violence reduction, residence life, online peer connections, and more Praise for the Second Edition of Students Helping Students "This new work remains the definitive standard in the field. It should be on the bookshelf of every student affairs professional and is an important tool for preparing peer educators for providing service." Ernest Pascarella, professor and Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education, University of Iowa "The second edition of Students Helping Students teems with useful material that can be thoughtfully applied by peer helpers. The what, so what, and now what framework reflectively guides the reader to self-discovery and thoughtful practical applications. Being a peer helper is a high-impact learning experience made intentional through the pages of this fine book." Susan R. Komives, professor of college student personnel, University of Maryland and president, Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education

The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring
The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring

Author: Paula Gillespie

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780205297665

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Grounded in current writing center theory and practice, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring provides students with a comprehensive introduction to effective tutoring. Throughout the text, readers hear the voices of tutors and writers in first-person peer tutor accounts, reflective essays, and transcripts from actual sessions. Within each chapter, techniques, models, and exercises provide instruction appropriate for any level of tutoring.

Learning, Teaching and Education Research in the 21st Century
Learning, Teaching and Education Research in the 21st Century

Author: Joanna Swann

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-12-15

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1441147578

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Learning, Teaching and Education Research in the 21st Century draws on Karl Popper's evolutionary epistemology and challenges widespread assumptions about learning, teaching and research that are embedded in the practices of many teachers and in the design of most education institutions worldwide. Joanna Swann argues that to promote the growth of learning we need to encourage children and adolescents to exercise and develop creativity and criticality, and that we need to provide and maintain environments in which they can safely engage in self-initiated and self-directed exploratory activity. In accessible and engaging language, the author presents philosophical arguments that support the defence and development of non-authoritarian approaches to learning and teaching that can be used by individuals and groups working in or outside state-funded schools. In particular, she provides tried-and-tested guidelines for student-initiated curricula and a problem-based methodology for professional development and action research.

Opportunity-to-learn Standards for Music Instruction
Opportunity-to-learn Standards for Music Instruction

Author: Music Educators National Conference (U.S.)

Publisher: R & L Education

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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Recommends the conditions schools should provide in order to achieve both the National Standards for Music Education in grades K-12 and the MENC standards for music education in prekindergarten. Standards for curriculum and scheduling, staffing, materials and equipment, and facilities were developed by practicing teachers and music administrators familiar with the day-to-day realities of classrooms and resources.

Around the World with Historical Fiction and Folktales
Around the World with Historical Fiction and Folktales

Author: Beth Bartleson Zarian

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780810848160

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Whether two teachers are covering the same topic in separate classes, or designing a thematic unit with the school librarian, this handy guide to nearly 800 award-winning historical fiction for Kindergarten through 8th grade will assist all parties in the selection of high quality literature.

Reassessing the Social Studies Curriculum
Reassessing the Social Studies Curriculum

Author: Wayne Journell

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-05-03

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1475818130

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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 dramatically changed many aspects of American society, and the ramifications of that horrific event are still impacting the domestic and foreign policies of the United States. Yet, fifteen years after 9/11—an event that was predicted to change the scope of public education in the United States—we find that the social studies curriculum remains virtually the same as before the attacks. For a discipline charged with developing informed citizens prepared to enter a global economy, such curricular stagnation makes little sense. This book, which contains chapters from many leading scholars within the field of social studies education, both assesses the ways in which the social studies curriculum has failed to live up to the promises of progressive citizenship education made in the wake of the attacks and offers practical advice for teachers who wish to encourage a critical understanding of the post-9/11 global society in which their students live.

Between Hope and Despair
Between Hope and Despair

Author: Roger I. Simon

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2000-03-15

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1461636582

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At the end of a century of unfathomable suffering, societies are facing anew the question of how events that shock, resist assimilation, and evoke contradictory and complex responses should be remembered. Between Hope and Despair specifically examines the pedagogical problem of how remembrance is to proceed when what is to be remembered is underscored by a logic difficult to comprehend and subversive of the humane character of existence. This pedagogical attention to practices of remembrance reflects the growing cognizance that hope for a just and compassionate future lies in the sustained, if troubled, working through of these issues.