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Tutoring in higher education. A historical approach

Abstract

Objective: to identify the historical, social and political events that gave rise to the conformation of tutoring at the higher education level, specifically in Mexico.

Originality/contribution: The originality of this work lies in the historical tracing carried out to find the emergence and origin of tutoring in higher education, using the Foucauldian genealogy as a method.

Method:The collection of information was carried out through a review of the documentary bibliography based on a socio-historical analysis of tutoring in higher education.

Strategies/information collection:  Documentary collection and analysis.

Conclusions: Some of the conclusions are: 1) Mentoring linked to education has been present since ancient times. 2) The current conceptualization of tutoring is linked to terms such as: guide, ayo, counselor, instructor, governess, preceptor, teacher, priest, parent. 3) Tutoring has gone through different periods until reaching modern times, as a support or guide, mostly for teachers -although also for students- that has served to complement the academic performance of the tutored. 4) In Mexico, tutoring has its origins in the 19th century, in the Lancasterian schools. 5) Although tutoring was formerly considered as a moral guide, it has changed to be considered nowadays as an integral support that, by solving academic, personal or family issues, and even, sometimes, economic, contributes to improve the student's academic performance. This is how tutoring has been consolidated in the educational field.

Keywords

Tutoring, university, tutoring history in Mexico

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Author Biography

Zaira Navarrete-Cazales

Profesora e investigadora del Departamento de Pedagogía SUAyED de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, y del posgrado en Pedagogía de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Investigadora Nacional del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Conacyt. Doctora en Ciencias en la Especialidad de Investigaciones Educativas por el DIE-Cinvestav-IPN. Sus líneas de investigación son: 1) Formación profesional y construcción de identidades. 2) Historia y perspectiva de la pedagogía en México. 3) Educación comparada e internacional. 4) Políticas y usos de TIC y TAC en educación y 5) Agenda 2030 de la UNESCO.

Jade Tomé López

Licenciada en Pedagogía por la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. CE: jade_tome@comunidad.unam.mx ORCID: 0000-0002-3044-5719


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