Broadening our Sight on the Conventional ‘Oxford’ Tutorial Model: A Scoping Review

Abstract

In higher education, one commonly used teaching approach that is intended to develop deep learning is that of the ‘Oxford’ tutorial – a personalized Socratic approach in which an instructor discusses course-related issues with a handful of students. Even though this conventional tutorial model is well supported in the literature, it may be neglected by research-driven academics and is expensive to operate. In light of these problems, a scoping review was conducted to explore financially viable alternatives to the Oxford tutorial for management education. Articles in highly ranked management education and development academic journals were collected by searching these catalogs and compiling a database of 48 articles published in four premier journals. These articles were reviewed by two independent raters in order to arrive at 8 alternatives to the Oxford tutorial that can achieve similar objectives of said tutorials while reducing costs. Guidelines are provided for the implementation of each alternative.