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Volunteers As Tutors And Trainers Of Tutors : A Qualitative Study, Mark B. Thogmartin
Volunteers As Tutors And Trainers Of Tutors : A Qualitative Study, Mark B. Thogmartin
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Problem. The Seventh-day Adventist church/North American Division initiated a Tutoring and Mentoring project in response to President Clinton’s America Reads literacy campaign. This study documents the efforts of the church and the first cohort of trainees as they sought to establish tutoring projects in their home locales.
Method. The author of this study was involved as a co-trainer and a participant-observer during the initial 1-week training session held at the North American Division Headquarters. This training was intended to equip the participants to become tutors of children and trainers of tutors in a primary-level tutoring project. During the …