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“Identity Issues”: Tutor Identities, Training, and Writing Center Communities
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Watson, Siobhan Teresa
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1343935367
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2012, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
Abstract
This paper discusses the issue of writing center tutors’ claims to identity, as well as how those identities are changed by their training to become writing center tutors and the writing center community at large. It is based in a person-based study for which interviews were conducted with four volunteer tutors-in-training, as well as an anonymous online survey taken by five volunteer experienced tutors. The participants’ interviews and survey responses are discussed and analyzed in conjunction with writing center literature. This paper also provides suggestions for improved writing center practices.
Committee
Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jason Palmeri, PhD (Committee Member)
John Tassoni, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
72 p.
Subject Headings
Composition
;
Higher Education
Keywords
writing centers
;
tutors
;
tutoring
;
peer tutoring
;
writing
;
identities
;
tutor training
;
communities
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Watson, S. T. (2012).
“Identity Issues”: Tutor Identities, Training, and Writing Center Communities
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1343935367
APA Style (7th edition)
Watson, Siobhan.
“Identity Issues”: Tutor Identities, Training, and Writing Center Communities.
2012. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1343935367.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Watson, Siobhan. "“Identity Issues”: Tutor Identities, Training, and Writing Center Communities." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1343935367
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Miami University and OhioLINK.