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Tutor Training Resources
The Business School employs many casual tutors due to the very large student population. To assist new tutors, the School runs a tutor training workshop in the first week of each semester. In addition, the School received a grant from the UWA central T&L Committee to develop additional resources for new tutors. The following video clips are part of those resources. The video clips in Section A are a series of interviews conducted by Associate Professor Phil Hancock (Associate Dean Teaching and Learning) and various lecturers in the Business School. They cover a range of topics relating to teaching in tutorials, such as pre first class planning through to assessment and feedback. Staff share ideas learned from years of experience and research. Section B features clips from tutorials demonstrating various techniques in action. If you are unable to access the content of these videos and require them in an alternative format please contact the Business School Helpdesk (helpdesk@biz.uwa.edu.au).
Section B: Tutorial Video Clips | Descriptions | | Emily_01 | The tutorial is just beginning and the tutor asks a question about who has done the preparation for the first task which involved looking at the information on a particular web site. Initially no one responds so the tutor re-phrases the question. One student responds, followed by a second student who builds on the initial response. | | Emily_02 | This is another example of the tutor asking the class a question and initially getting no response. The tutor re-phrases the question and three students respond. The students responses progressively add more information to the answer to the original question. | | Emily_03 | This example illustrates students getting excited about having their say in relation to a question posed by the tutor that is on a topic most of them can readily identify with (in this case, the cost of uniforms, sports clothes, books, etc at the start of a school year). The students engage in a discussion. | | Paul_01 | The tutorial is just beginning and the tutor explains what will be happening in that tutorial (students explaining solutions to the rest of the class on the whiteboard). The tutor provides some general advice to the students who will be presenting. | | Paul_02 | The tutor interrupts the students presentation to suggest a better way of explaining the answer to this question. The tutor begins by making a positive comment to the student presenter. Notice how the tutor slows the pace of his explanation to give the rest of the class time to think about what he is saying. | | Paul_03 | The tutor once again interrupts the students presentation. This time he points out to the class that they not only need to know what changes can be expected in that economic situation but they should be able to explain why that change occurs. | | Paul_04 | Similar to the previous video clip, this is another example of the tutor emphasizing the need for students to know not only what happens but why it happens. | | Paul_05 | The tutor interrupts the student presenter who has been explaining a solution on the whiteboard to correct a misunderstanding. The tutor illustrates the correct answer. | | Paul_06 | Once again, the tutor interrupts to give the correct information and uses the current trends in the Australian economy to illustrate his explanation. | | Paul_07 | This is a third example of the student presenter giving an incorrect explanation. This time the tutor asks other students in the class to help with the explanation of the answer. | | Paul_08 | The tutor concludes the tutorial and invites any students with queries to see him after class. |
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