Socio-cognitive differences between novice and expert tutorial functions at University

ROSELLI, NÉSTOR, BORGOBELLO, ANA Y PERALTA, NADIA

Berlín, Alemania

Congreso; XXIX International Congress of Psychology; 2008

German Federation of Psychologists' Associations

This presentation aims two compare the teaching function of both the expert (professor) and novice (assistant) in experimental situations. Twelve groups of university students were tested in teaching situation with a professor and an assistant. Results show that assistants attend more than professors the social and psycho-pedagogical support of learning: professors focuse specially on the epistemic dimension (knowledge by itself). The difference regards also the linguistic context. Finally there is a great difference concerning specifically the cognitive construction of knowledge and the learning results. Answers to a questionnaire applied to the students are coincident with this conclusions.