Autoethnography of Tutoring in the Russian University: from Theoretical Knowledge to Practical Implementation

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. 2019. Vol. 27. No. 2. P. 213–230.

Paukova A., Milana Khachaturova, Safronov P.

Unlike traditional teachers, tutors now are much less able to confine their practice to the classroom setting. Herein, we address the challenges of actual tutoring practice at one Master’s degree program comprising offline and online learning activities along with student work placements. Building on the autoethnography and narrative analysis we highlight core themes structuring tutoring experience. We examined the challenges we met. We offer suggestions for tutors supporting students in a blended learning environment, and we argue acknowledgment of different roles and strategies applied by tutors across learning contexts make them more productive and less vulnerable towards conflicting messages of other actors involved in instructional communication.

Ключевые слова: narrative, experience, higher education, Tutoring, autoethnography