Dbasics Educational Enhancement Services
PEER TUTORING MODEL
The PTM is designed to make the tutor role more effective by engaging and offering all students the opportunity to be a tutor.
Our desire is to make the tutoring process a centralized instruction strategy that is fully integrated in a classroom, library, church or corporate setting.
In order for the students to be successful, they must be well prepared to perform the task.
They must learn the material.
They must participate in essential in-depth training.
The tutoring process will be viewed as developmental whereas all students will experience the opportunity through their apprenticeship program to become a tutor.
For example, a tutor in high school will learn to tutor peers as well as someone in middle school.
The middle school student will become equipped to tutor other peer schoolmates.
Also, that high school and middle school student tutor through his continued training will become qualified to tutor other peer school mates and students at lower grade levels
The students who participate in the PTM will learn the subject matter to be tutored; they will learn how to tutor; they will learn how to effectively apply active listening and communication skills; and they will gain more knowledge about learning how to learn.
To strengthen the tutoring process and provide a sense of shared ownership, tutors/students will meet to reflect on their experiences, to express their feelings and thoughts about the process, and hopefully expand their learning through teaching.
Some of the learning strategies that are to be learned by the students are: the significance of indirect and informal learning; the relationship between cognitive and social development; the importance of individualization and attuning the material to the learner's interests and learning style; the use of pacing, repetition, and reinforcement.
We hope that all tutors will benefit from the PTM and be motivated by the participatory sharing.
We feel that the value of tutoring or being tutored ofers preparation; enhances learning, and builds self-esteem.
In addition, students recognize their importance as an educational resource; they are not only receivers, but givers and helpers as well
In essence, receiving tutoring serves more than the goal of learning the lesson.It is of critical importance that the students have the opportunity to participate and have meaningful roles in PTM.
It could be a major factor in preventing social problems, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, and delinquency.PTM’s aim is to transform school culture.