Engaging sociologists: An A-Level tutoring and mentoring outreach project with 2nd year undergraduate students

Waller, Richard; Mathers, Andrew; Savidge, Phoebe; Flook, Gemma; Hamm, Daisy

Abstract

This article is a collaborative piece of work co-written by two university academic staff (AM and RW), an FE college lecturer (PS), and two undergraduate students (GF and DH) who recently participated in the tutor/mentor scheme. The university academics are both experienced higher education lecturers and active researchers, AM previously taught in school, and RW used to teach in further education. Both AM and RW have worked extensively in widening participation and outreach activities within the university and beyond. We report here on a scheme designed to both help local Sociology A-Level students, and also to offer our undergraduate students a chance to ‘give something back’ (Brine and Waller, 2004) to the wider academic community whilst gaining useful skills and first-hand experience of teaching

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 7, 2017
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jan 16, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 30, 2018
• Journal: The Sociology Teacher
• Print ISSN: 2052-2181
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 4-11
• Keywords: mentoring, A-Level sociology, undergraduates, tutoring, higher education, further education, sixth form
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/903925
• Publisher URL: https://www.britsoc.co.uk/media/24364/spring_2017_tst_vol_6_2.pdf
• Contract Date: Jan 16, 2018