Description
Programs involving students as tutors and mentors are now in place in many countries and the key task now is to build this into the basic structure of academic institutions so that systems acquire a greater degree of stability.The aim of this book is to stimulate and encourage the use of an educational technique through which teachers in secondary and post-secondary education can massively amplify and extend their influence-- by the deployment of students as tutors and mentors. The book offers: +reviews of relevant research+case studies of mature projects+ideas for new uses of student tutoring and mentoring+practical suggestions of ways of implementing tutoring and mentoring.