Major Topic: Collaboration/Collaborative learning

Subtopics or
Concepts
Authorship (Ownership)
Construction of
Knowledge

Peer-response/Feedback

Power/Control

Plagiarism

Dialogue/Conversation

Conflict

Definition

Tutoring Implications

Reference to an author,
creator, producer of a
work. Crafting persona.
Knowledge that is gained
in a collaborative
environment/collaboration
.

Enable students to take their

authorship into their own hands
and take control of their writing.
Allow for gained insight (on both
ends) through he interaction,
including: back and forth
dialogue, the bouncing of ideas
off of others, and the proposal
of new perspectives, as it may
result in the construction of
knowledge.
Serve as an additional audience
member, allowing for further
interpretations and
understandings surrounding
their work, in doing so you
enable the tutee to explore and
refine their ideas.
Tutors are in constant limbo
between these two
communities, inhabiting a space
that resides between teacher
and student. Control, power,
and authority are placed within
the hands of the negotiating
group rather than an
authoritative figure.

Providing a
response/reaction to
ones work offering
constructive
criticism/critique for
improvement.
Referring to the sole
authority placed in the
hands of one person.

Unoriginal thought. Trying

to pass someone else's
work or ideas as their own
without proper
acknowledgement/citation
.
The interaction and
communication that taken
place in a collaborative
partnership.
An active disagreement
incited by opposing
opinions, views, and
needs.

Place the responsibility of

transcribing on the student,
guiding them through various
methods and techniques, to
establish what it is they would like
to say and how to say it.

Vital in the process of discovery,

generating ideas, gaining
deeper understanding, clarity,
etc.
Recognize the role and value of
conflict that may occur during a
tutorial. Remain professional,
respectful and open-minded.

Visual Communication

The transmission of ideas

and information using
symbols, imagery and
signs.

Visual and Verbal

Content

Material and information

that manifests in the form
of words or visual cues.

Electronic/Technical
Support

The use of electronics or

any other piece of
technology as a resource.

Remain adaptive in determining

the best way to assist a
student. Try to recognize
alternative methods to helping
a student, such as using visual
cue: videos, pictures, diagrams,
etc.
Again, remain adaptive and
innovative in approaching
sessions. Acknowledge styles of
learning and writing that may
contrast educational
mainstream.
Utilize and integrate technology
as an additional resource when
questions arise, for
brainstorming, locating sources,
providing students with new
sources and references, etc.