'Going the extra mile', 'fire-fighting', or laissez-faire? Re-evaluating personal tutoring relationships within mass higher education1

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-460

  Stephen, Dawn ^a   O'Connell, Paul ^a   Hall, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expectations; Experiences; Mass education; Personal tutoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349118635     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510802169749     Document Type: Article

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