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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

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Authors

Richard Waller Richard.Waller@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Education and Social Justice

Andrew Mathers Andrew.Mathers@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology

Phoebe Savidge

Gemma Flook

Daisy Hamm



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Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed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

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