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Peer assisted academic support: a comparison of mentors’ and mentees’ experiences of a drop-in programme
Journal of Further and Higher Education ( IF 2.3 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 , DOI: 10.1080/0309877x.2020.1851665
Ana Garcia-Melgar 1 , Julianne East 2 , Noel Meyers 3
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ABSTRACT

In Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) programmes, students provide academic and social support to fellow students. Recent PAL iterations include drop-in programmes to improve higher education students’ general academic literacy in an open, non-judgemental, learning environment led by experienced students. The majority of the PAL literature, however, focuses on curricular programmes, with limited understandings on processes enabling positive outcomes for students. This study contributes to the PAL literature through the investigation of factors and mentoring strategies underpinning effective peer learning in drop-in PAL programmes. Participants were students attending an academic drop-in PAL programme, and the peer mentors employed by the programme. Results suggest that students’ expectations about the type of support provided by PAL mentors may jeopardise the learning objectives of the programme. The analysis of PAL mentors’ experiences reveals how the use of strategies to enhance social and cognitive congruence between peers supports the development of effective peer learning partnerships. Mentors’ approachability alongside their ability to provide practical strategies and academic examples tailored to students’ learning needs characterised peer learning interactions between students. Mentors also encouraged students to engage in active help-seeking behaviours. This paper examines strategies to enhance peer learning interactions that support the development of independent and transferable academic skills in students seeking peer support.



中文翻译:

同伴协助的学术支持:导师和受训者在临时项目中的经历比较

摘要

在同伴辅助学习 (PAL) 计划中,学生为同学提供学术和社会支持。最近的 PAL 迭代包括在有经验的学生领导的开放、非评判性的学习环境中提高高等教育学生的一般学术素养的临时计划。然而,大部分 PAL 文献都侧重于课程计划,对能够为学生带来积极成果的过程了解有限。本研究通过调查支持 PAL 计划中有效同伴学习的因素和指导策略,为 PAL 文献做出了贡献。参与者是参加学术临时 PAL 计划的学生,以及该计划雇用的同伴导师。结果表明,学生对 PAL 导师提供的支持类型的期望可能会危及该计划的学习目标。对 PAL 导师经验的分析揭示了使用策略来增强同伴之间的社会和认知一致性如何支持有效的同伴学习伙伴关系的发展。导师的平易近人以及他们提供适合学生学习需求的实用策略和学术示例的能力是学生之间同伴学习互动的特点。导师还鼓励学生积极寻求帮助。本文研究了增强同伴学习互动的策略,这些互动支持寻求同伴支持的学生发展独立和可转移的学术技能。对 PAL 导师经验的分析揭示了使用策略来增强同伴之间的社会和认知一致性如何支持有效的同伴学习伙伴关系的发展。导师的平易近人以及他们提供适合学生学习需求的实用策略和学术示例的能力是学生之间同伴学习互动的特征。导师还鼓励学生积极寻求帮助。本文研究了增强同伴学习互动的策略,这些互动支持寻求同伴支持的学生发展独立和可转移的学术技能。对 PAL 导师经验的分析揭示了使用策略来增强同伴之间的社会和认知一致性如何支持有效的同伴学习伙伴关系的发展。导师的平易近人以及他们提供适合学生学习需求的实用策略和学术示例的能力是学生之间同伴学习互动的特点。导师还鼓励学生积极寻求帮助。本文研究了增强同伴学习互动的策略,这些互动支持寻求同伴支持的学生发展独立和可转移的学术技能。导师的平易近人以及他们提供适合学生学习需求的实用策略和学术示例的能力是学生之间同伴学习互动的特点。导师还鼓励学生积极寻求帮助。本文研究了增强同伴学习互动的策略,这些互动支持寻求同伴支持的学生发展独立和可转移的学术技能。导师的平易近人以及他们提供适合学生学习需求的实用策略和学术示例的能力是学生之间同伴学习互动的特点。导师还鼓励学生积极寻求帮助。本文研究了增强同伴学习互动的策略,这些互动支持寻求同伴支持的学生发展独立和可转移的学术技能。

更新日期:2021-01-05
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