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Tutors’ and Students’ Views of Tutoring

A Study in Higher Education

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As a result of the demands of the Bologna process, teaching and learning in higher education have been challenged and changed from a traditional transmissionoriented perspective to an interaction oriented perspective, one in which the students are at the center of the learning process (Murray & McDonald, 1997).

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    Sandra Fernandes

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Fernandes, S., Flores, M.A. (2013). Tutors’ and Students’ Views of Tutoring. In: Flores, M.A., Carvalho, A.A., Ferreira, F.I., Vilaça, M.T. (eds) Back to the Future. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-240-2_16

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