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The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors introduces two conversations to the tutor's preparation, one about the creation of knowledge in writing programs, the other about tutor research. This approach to tutor training provides several benefits. First, it allows tutors to test their theories of what might work in a writing centre session and helps them to move professional conversation towards why such things happen. They bridge the theory-practice divide that often frustrates both novices and experiences tutors. By conducting research to answer such questions, tutors can help themselves, the writers with whom they work, their fellow tutors - and the writers with whom they work. And, further, this approach gives the reader new methods for appreciating and critiquing scholarly work, making it easier to understand the best ways to help writers and to move the field forward. As writing tutoring programs take on a variety of forms and pursue a range of missions, this book aims to create a flexible text whose contents can be easily rearranged to support a broad spectrum of reader needs. Each chapter, accordingly, can be read independently; the text does not rely on a sequential reading to c

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Author

Fitzgerald, Lauren, Ianetta, Melissa

Publisher

New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199941841

Category

reference

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.9 / 5 (36 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14