Word: tutoring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fourth, the tutor acts in the broad capacity of guide, philosopher, and friend, aiding the student in the choice of his courses and giving him counsel about his personal problems and difficulties...
...distinctive characteristic of the tutorial system is that it affords a large measure of direct contact between the teacher and the taught. Its distinctive method is the tutorial conference, in which, according to the usual practice, the tutor meets his students individually at regular intervals. The tutorial conference serves several purposes...
First, the tutor tries, if he can, to communicate to the student some of his own enthusiasm; to awaken in him a zest for intellectual adventure; to help him develop a serious scholarly interest, in the pursuit of which he will want to drive forward under his own power...
Second, the student, under the direction of his tutor, supplements his course work with further studies in his field of concentration, the object being both to extend and to correlate the student's knowledge of his subject...
Third, the tutor does what he can to assist the student in acquiring an effective technique of study, and often of research as well...