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A Case Study on the Reality of Tutoring in a Distance University: Focusing on Tutors of Korea National Open University
Journal of Lifelong Learning Society
Abbr :
JLLS
2010, 6(2), pp.47-75
Publisher : Institute of Distance Education
Research Area : Education
2010, 6(2), pp.47-75
Publisher : Institute of Distance Education
Research Area : Education
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The tutorial system in distance universities is a part of the support system for students, and the core of it is the direct support for them. This study focused on the departmental tutorial system of Korea National Open University, which is the typical higher educational distance institution in Korea. Researchers examined stories of the department tutors for the understanding about the reality of the departmental tutorial system, and the educational meaning of tutoring was reviewed. The department tutors divided the guidance strategy into the introduction period, the period to strengthen learning and the separation period. They experienced conflicts with the students' colleagues and the systematic problems, and made use of the strategy to respond to help them recover. Researchers have found that the educational characteristics of the department tutoring include integrated tutoring design, making and keeping relationships with the individual students, inducement of learning experience and promotion of practical exercise, introspection and aiming at learning community as the pivotal mediation.
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