Undergraduate degree course tutors in chemistry at UFMG: reflections based on their perceptions

Authors

  • Ione María Ferreira de Oliveira Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Ana Luiza de Cuadros Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Simone de Fátima Barbosa Tófani Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Amary César Ferreira Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Larissa Germana Oliveira Couto Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/ried.16.1.2064

Keywords:

Distance learning or distance education, tutoring teachers education

Abstract

When we expand and interiorize higher education by means of distance education, there is a pedagogical actor that is directly involved in the training of students: the tutor. Although considerable evidence has been obtained of the tutoring role, we believe that it has not been clearly defined yet (in distance education). In this context, the objective of this study is to examine the role of professionals in undergraduate distance education. For this reason, we researched the experiences of the tutors in the distance-based Chemistry undergraduate degree, especially focusing on their point of view. We discovered that the difficulties that they experienced were more subjective and training-related rather than technical. In order to deal with the diversity of distance learning students, the tutors demonstrated, among other things, the need for didactic support as well as guidance stemming from psychology.

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Ferreira de Oliveira, I. M., de Cuadros, A. L., Barbosa Tófani, S. de F., Ferreira, A. C., & Oliveira Couto, L. G. (2013). Undergraduate degree course tutors in chemistry at UFMG: reflections based on their perceptions. RIED. Revista Iberoamericana De Educación a Distancia, 16(1), 133–154. https://doi.org/10.5944/ried.16.1.2064

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2013): Miscellany

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Research and Case Studies

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