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The peer tutoring programme at RMIT University initially focussed on the West Australian STAR
Programme model, but this paradigm had to be substantially adapted to meet local contingencies. The
challenge was to design a cost-effective programme that would offer real solutions to real problems.
Chief amongst these problems was a state shortage of qualified maths/science teachers, a gender
bias in science and technology course enrolments, and a decline in the numbers opting for these
courses at university.
The paper
-highlights the complexities of developing and implementing a cross-age / cross-institutional
-student tutoring programme
-analyses the data obtained from evaluations of the programme
explores shifts that occurred and
-outlines the administrative and academic structure that the programme developed to meet the
demands it faced in its first year of operation, when it placed 55 students in 15 schools Ü state,
Catholic and private.
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About the
Author
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Nick Besley trained in secondary education but then had a diverse work history with
organisations such as the State Electricity Commission and AGB McNair Market
Research, before he became an academic administrator at Swinburne University
and RMIT University, where he currently acts as the Marketing & Public Relations
Officer for the Faculty of Applied Science.
Anna Harley is a course co-ordinator in the Faculty of Education, Language and
Community Services at RMIT University, where her work gives her opportunities to
teach into intra and cross-faculty programmes, both in Australia and Asia. She
arrived late in academia after a varied career in hospitality, counselling and
secondary teaching.
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Contact Details
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Nick Besley, Faculty of Applied Science,
RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V Melbourne,
Australia 3001 Tel: + 3 9925 1022 Fax: + 3 9663
2518
email: nick.besley@rmit.edu.au
Anna Harley, RMIT University, Department
IPAE, PO Box 71, Bundoora, Victoria, Aust. 3083
Tel. +3 9925 7813 Fax +3 9925 7818
e-mail: a.harley@rmit.edu.au
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