Peer Tutoring
students are provided with opportunities to develop individual skills & knowledge whilst supporting & encouraging their peers within the school community. Students learn to develop an understanding of individual academic, social, and cultural differences. Students learn to use a variety of approaches, techniques, & skills to assist other students’ learning processes.Students enhance & improve skills in communication,interpersonal relationships,leadership,& conflict management.
Students come to understand that everyone has unique ways of learning and that everyone is capable of learning. Students will increase their communication and interpersonal skills through this course. Students are able to connect this experience with future career goals in the field of education. Students will learn about cultural diversity and grow their intercultural competencies while interacting with those from other cultures.
Everyone learns in different ways and at different rates. Assisting others to learn requires intercultural and core competencies. Peer tutoring requires knowledge of different learning styles and how to differentiate for those styles. Effective role modeling is an important part of peer tutoring. Peer tutoring builds foundational and transferable skills to future careers such in education and social services.
This course has been developed to provide students with the opportunity to explore and develop their own skills and talents, and to also provide an understanding of people and how they learn. For students planning to enter the field of education, this course provides practical experience. It also provides an opportunity for students to contribute to their school community and to help others. It is a course that develops lifelong learning habits.