The meaning of work for tutors in distance education
Keywords:
Meaning of work, Tutor, E-Learning, Higher Education
Abstract
Aim: The purpose of this study is to contribute new information to the ongoing debate over the nature of labor and its various forms. Studies examining the significance of work in various contexts, such as the various forms of employment contracts, have yielded varying results. But we still need to find out how DE tutors find fulfillment in their work.
Method: Thirty distance education instructors at a university were interviewed for this study, which used a qualitative research approach. Discussion analysis was applied to the transcribed interviews. E. M. Morin’s categories were used to analyze the information gleaned from those interviews (2001). In addition, we noted the emergence of new categories from the interviewees’ responses.
Findings: Work, as defined by the tutor in this study, falls into a number of the same broad categories identified by E. M. Morin (2001). It was found, for example, that many people who work as tutors in distance education do not initially set out to become tutors because they believe that tutors are looked down upon. Furthermore, the interviewees lacked a sense of community due to the institution’s high unemployment rate.
Implications/Novel Contribution: Academic discussions and debates can benefit from studies that examine what it means to be a distance education tutor and from studies that explore whether the new categories identified in this research are present in other types of educational institutions.
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Bendassolli, P. F. (2007). Work and identity in dark times: Insecure the ontological logic in the current experience with work. In International Conference on Work and Identity in Dark Times, New York, NY.
Benini, E. G., & Fernandes, M. D. E. (2012). Higher education at distance and teaching work: Recent configurations in the public and private sector. Revista Education Poltics in Debate, 1(1), 45-60.
Boas, A. A. V., & Morin, E. M. (2016). Meaning of work and quality of life factors at work: The perception of Brazilian and Canadian teachers. Revista Alcance, 23(3), 272-292. doi:https://doi.org/10.14210/alcance.v23n3(jul-set).p272-292
Brod, F. A. T., & Rodrigues, S. C. (2016). The act of conversing as a training strategy on continued in the tutor a de education on professional distance. Revista Brasileira de Education, 21(66), 631-652. doi:https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-24782016216633
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De Mattos, M. C., De Souza, C. H. M., & De Souza, A. K. M. (2017). Study on the technological profile professional desirable professional for teachers working in education distance education distance education. Inter Science Place, 12(1), 14-40. doi:https://doi.org/10.6020/1679-9844/v12n1a9
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Irigaray, H. A. R., Oliveira, L. B., Barbosa, E. S., & Morin, E. M. (2019). Employment relationships and meaning of work: A research with higher education professors. Revista de Administração Mackenzie, 20(1), 45-50. doi:https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-6971/eramg190070
Kem, D. (2018). Role of information and communication technology in open and distance learning. The Research Journal of Social Sciences, 9(11), 55-59.
Leal, R. B. (2005). The importance of the tutor in the distance learning process. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación, 36(3), 01-05. doi:https://doi.org/10.17143/rbaad.v8i0.215
Machado, L. D., & MACHADO, E. d. C. (2004). The role of tutoring in distance learning environments. In Congresso Internacional de Educação a Distância, Madrid, Spain.
Marta, A. (2017). The fruits of distance learning. Retrieved from https://glo.bo/2tGsvM7
Meidrina, T., Mawaddah, S. N., Siahaan, F. M. M., & Widyasari, P. (2017). The relationship between teacher efficacy and attitude towards inclusive education in private elementary school: A study based on teaching experiences. Journal of Advances in Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(3), 124-134. doi:https://doi.org/
10.20474/jahss-3.3.1
Mill, D., Lima, D. A., Lima, V. S., & Tancredi, R. M. (2009). The challenge of quality interaction in education the distance: The tutor and its importance in this process. Cadernos Da Pedagogia, 2(4), 45-50.
Morin, E., Tonelli, M. J., & Pliopas, A. L. V. (2007). Work is your senses. Psicologia & Sociedade, 19(9), 47-56. doi:https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-71822007000400008
Morin, E. M. (2001). The senses of work. Business Administration Magazine, 41(3), 08-19. doi:https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-75902001000300002
Nedal, O. A., & Alcoriza, M. G. O. (2018). Challenges in education: The untold story of students in Lanao Kapanglao, Glan, Sarangani province. Journal of Advances in Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(3), 118-126. doi:https://doi.org/10.20474/jahss-4.3.1
Noroozi, B., & Haghi, A. K. (2012). Distance learning, virtual classrooms, and teaching pedagogy in the internet environment. Ontario, Canada: Apple Academic Press.
Saraiva, L. A. S., & Irigaray, H. A. d. R. (2009). Diversity policies in organizations: A question of discourse? Revista de Administração de Empresas, 49(3), 337-348. doi:https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-75902009000300008
Schlosser, R. L. (2010). The role of tutors in education courses distance. Colabor Revista Digital, 6(22), 34-50. Scottini, D. T. (2012). Labor aspects in distance education: Legal scope, 100. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2RBOJH7
Skoric, J., & Kupresanin, J. (2018). Social work in educational system of the balkans – is social worker needeed in schools? International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 4(6), 245-252. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.20469/ijhss.4.10003-6
Souza, C. A., Spanhol, F. J., Limas, J. C. O., & Casso, M. P. (2004). Tutorial as a space for interaction in education. Revista Diálogo Educacional, 4(13), 79-89. doi:https://doi.org/10.7213/rde.v4i13.7028
Team, M. I. R. (1987). The meaning of working. London, UK: Academic Press.
Tolfo, S. d. R., & Piccinini, V. (2007). Senses and meanings of work: Exploring concepts, variables and Brazilian empirical studies. Psicologia & Sociedade, 19(9), 38-46.
Vieira, F. M. S. (2003). Cyberspace and education: Possibilities and limits of dialogic interaction in distance learning courses (Unpublished master thesis). Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil.
Zarb, N. (2016). Stories from the middle: Perceptions of the roles of curriculum development managers in a Maltese further education organization. Journal of Advanced Research in Social Sciences and Humanities,1(1), 18-29. doi:https://doi.org/10.26500/jarssh-01-2016-0103
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