(1023) TUTORIAL PLANNING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA AND ANGLO-SAXON UNIVERSITIES

摘要

The aims of this paper are not only to define rigorously the contents of the tutorials in European andAnglo-Saxon systems of teaching, but also the intention of providing a framework of the meaning oftutoring in the Extremadura University. In this sense, the approaches are taken by both modelsincluding different points of views in order to communicate the students with a specific purpose: toimprove student's education.Comparing two models about the organization of tutorial planning we can firstly analyze the tutorialapproach contributed by [1]which links several functions that are parts of the activity of tutoring,including: "bureaucratic function" (achieving academic goals) "academic function" (empathic teacherattention), "teaching function" (imparting a professional and personal assistance) and "function ofpersonal counseling" (on issues more related to emotional and personal issues) can test the modelsused at the University of Extremadura and the Anglo-Saxon universities.Secondly, to relate both models we have several studies in which the Anglo-Saxon model tutorials arediscussed in depth. On one hand, [2] studied this one from the perspective of tutors in relation to thequality student?s learning. On the other hand, [3]explores the structure modeled by tutoring in theuniversities of Oxford and Cambridge focusing on the results of excellence that ensures qualitylearning.In the case of Spanish universities, and especially in Extremadura University, the Universities Law6/2001 of 21 December lays the bases to adapt the university system to the EHEA, producing asignificant change in the tutorials. In this sense, the new scenario allows the tutoring system toaddress new challenges understanding tutorials as a quality criterion, and an opportunity forindependent learning and time management according to the configuration of the ECTS credits,deeping in keys skills and employability of the students through a specific career guidance system [4].Based on his experience as a university professor in Oxford, [5]identifies the cardinal principles of thetutorial, tracking student cooperation between tutor and student and their vision of knowledge. Thusthe individual nature of tutoring allows to each student to learn at their own pace the way to resolvequestions that may ensue. Therefore, the Anglo-Saxon system tutorials focus on establishing a tutorialthat will change depending on the assigned tutor, the importance given to student learning and trainingand preparation of the tutor is to guide the student in tutorials. This proven system illuminates theemerging system just born at the Extremadura University implements tutoring system helping studentsto train as professional and as person.After comparing in our research the results provided for 202 students presented in this paper, wecould say that the recent implementation of the tutorial system at Extremadura University has manyshortcomings. In this sense, although it already includes some features of the tutorial as"bureaucratic", "academic" and "teachers", nothing is said about the role of “personal counseling”. Inour opinion this part should be included in order to be an efficient system tutorial for the students.