2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study of writing center tutors' professional development
Project/Area Number |
24520679
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Foreign language education
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Research Institution | Osaka Prefecture University (2014-2015) Kinki University (2012-2013) |
Principal Investigator |
Fujioka Mayumi 大阪府立大学, 高等教育推進機構, 准教授 (40351572)
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | ライティングセンター / チューターの成長 / チューター育成 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study addressed the professional development of writing center tutors of English writing at Japanese universities. Findings based on qualitative data from six writing centers reveal that tutors' professional development can be effectively explained through Activity Theory (Engestrom, 1999, 2001). Furthermore, longitudinal analyses of data from a selected number of tutors over several years indicate that being a tutor has different implications among individuals and that professional tutor development is related to tutors' educational experiences in and outside writing centers and their psychological changes based on those experiences.
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Free Research Field |
英語教育学、応用言語学
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