Introduction Tutorials are a standard part of university teaching in arts and humanities faculties in Australia. Classes are subdivided into smaller tutorial groups that typically consists of between 10 and 15 students.
Tutorials meet weekly to discuss predetermined topics.
They run in parallel to lectures providing students with the opportunity to discuss with each other issues raised in lectures. The paper is usually read to the tutorial and discussion is then meant to occur. Typically the tutorials are run by a tutor whose role is to facilitate this discussion. Tutors in the past have tended to be postgraduate students based in the department. However with decreasing funds being available for such part time teaching more lecturers are now running the tutorials for their courses.