{"id":5077,"date":"2025-06-19T23:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/transforming-learning-reimagining-writing-centre-tutor-training-in-a-university-context\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:19:55","slug":"transforming-learning-reimagining-writing-centre-tutor-training-in-a-university-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/transforming-learning-reimagining-writing-centre-tutor-training-in-a-university-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming Learning: Reimagining Writing Centre Tutor Training in a University Context"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Transforming Learning: Reimagining Writing Centre Tutor Training in a University Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1319' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1319\/928' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Tutors in the higher education environment play an important role in facilitating student learning. However, they are often inadequately supported in the contexts in which they work. Tutors often require support through structured training and development programmes that embeds theory and practice to equip them with the powerful knowledge needed in their work with students. A re-examination of the support, training and development of tutors is therefore needed. This paper explored a Writing Centre tutor training progamme within a University of Technology (UoT) context. An academics literacies approach to tutor training has been implementedas it enables the creation of opportunities for students and tutors to question the ways in which they are working with knowledge and demonstrating that knowledge through their writing.Through tutors\u2019 narrative, written reflectionsand within a qualitative inquiry, this paper explored theory based tutor training and how it contributes to a more responsive Writing Centre practice by developing tutors\u2019 undertsanding of their role intransforming thinking, teaching and learning.Itargues for the implementation of on-going, structured and theoretically embedded training that foregrounds Writing Centre pedagogy and creates afoundation for tutors\u2019 cognitive development in their work with students.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nereshnee Govender (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Tafadzwa Ndadziyira (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>higher education, training programmes, writing centre, academic literacies, reflection<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Transforming Learning: Reimagining Writing Centre Tutor Training in a University Context Original Article Link:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[1696,2153,1331,1373,1695,1494],"class_list":["post-5077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-academic-literacies","tag-ajims","tag-higher-education","tag-reflection","tag-training-programmes","tag-writing-centre","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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