Becoming a tutor: exploring the learning experiences and needs of novice tutors in a PBL programme.

The tutor plays an important role in facilitating learning in a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum. This paper explored the ways that novice tutors were educated in a PBL programme at McMaster University. Thirteen novice tutors were interviewed in this qualitative, ethnographic study to identif...

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Publicado en:Medical Teacher Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 606 - 613
Autores principales: Jung B, Tryssenaar J, Wilkins S
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2005
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