To help tutors become more effective in assuming their complex role in PBL tutorials, training programmes are required which facilitate tutors' reflection upon their own development as teachers [ 28, 29], address their perceptions for critical situations in PBL tutorials, and allow them to practice their intervention strategies.
With over 50 million users, the South Africa-founded service not only allows its mostly young users to stay in touch by text chatting, it also facilitates live tutoring on maths homework.
It appeared to become easier to facilitate and not tutor with increasing facilitation experience (Table 5).
These students studied collaboratively, facilitated by tutors to design, plan and implement an initiative focussing on epilepsy health promotion in a primary school.
PBL relies on small group as the foundation of study, and tutors facilitate learning by guiding the process rather than teaching the group.
PBL relies on small group as the foundation of study, and tutors facilitate learning by guiding the group process rather than teaching the group[ 1, 2].
When tutors themselves have a migration background, they can operate as authentic role models; moreover, as they are still students themselves, the tutors facilitate learning through the use of understandable language and the establishment of a permissive learning atmosphere.
Each course is led by two facilitators, a healthcare professional (a professionally registered physiotherapist, osteopath, chiropractor, occupational health practitioner or psychologist) and a lay person with experience of both living with chronic pain and of tutoring or facilitating small groups.
The Tutor circle seems to wrap the Student circle, representing that a tutor should facilitate and support the development of students while both groups aim to achieve learning goals.
