You are asked to coach others in how to do that. On the other hand, some potential tutors are excellent problem solvers, excellent resolvers of conflict and superb group leaders. But they often turn out to be ineffective tutors because they do not know how to coach or facilitate the process with the group. 4.Devote time to learning how to be a coach. Become skilled at bringing out the very best from your group.
Resources gives explicit details of how to run such workshops.
If, because of class size, you function with tutorless groups, then your task is to create an environment to ensure that facilitation occurs by other means. You need to make the implicit explicit. If the tutor is expected to probe the critical thinking of the group, then the group members need to be empowered to do this. To monitor, assess and provide feedback to the students about their ability. Just because theinstructor is not a listening member within each group does not mean the instructor forsakes the role of monitor and assessor.