tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post98471529191138534..comments2008-11-13T07:32:00.840-07:00Clint Gardnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07671508034667904543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-78343497493591876552008-11-13T07:32:00.000-07:002008-11-13T07:32:00.000-07:00Hmm. Could you use something like Csikszentmihalyi's 'Flow'? This work is a very strong rationale for taking a process-oriented approach to one's whole life!Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710216198570247742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-18720655677032205832008-11-09T22:04:00.000-07:002008-11-09T22:04:00.000-07:00Hi Lizzy,<BR/><BR/>I think there's a <I>lot</I> you could consider, and I don't really want to throw several thousand questions at you. I don't know how long you've been tutoring, or what your experience in self-reflection is, either. <BR/><BR/>Something I had to come to grips with is that while tutoring allows you to save the world, one student/writer at a time, tutoring also allows you to become a better teacher, one student/writer at a time. You could have the world's worst session (well, you couldn't; I have the record for those), but you might learn more from those, which in turn <I>would</I> allow you to become a stronger tutor/teacher, allowing you, in turn, to develop new strategies to tutor those writers.<BR/><BR/>I think "Minimalist Tutoring" would be a good start; I of course am drawing a blank completely on any possible other articles, but it might be interesting to contrast minimalist tutoring with those who disagree with such a concept. Our tutoring sessions are rarely either/or, of course; sometimes you have to use many methods, some of which will interfere with those pesky "best practices" we're always supposed to follow.<BR/><BR/>--Michelle<BR/>(who has no cupcake tattoo, because if she did, her boyfriend would <I>never</I> leave her alone)Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143978663214331262noreply@blogger.com