Tutoring peer-to-peer in Executive Systems universities from developing teaching on the bases of the Historical Cultural approach

Abstract

This article presents peer-to-peer tutoring as a learning   tool   for   adult   university   students working     and     studying     in     management education    systems.    It    is    founded    on    a Development Teaching method, which proposes  a  teaching-learning  system  based  on the student.  The implemented activities must therefore be relevant to the real context of the learner,  must  be  based  on  problem-solving, and  must  be  approached  from  the  learner’s own  history,  which  is  in  itself  inserted  in  its own  language  and  culture,  i.e.,  a  cultural-historical background. The  methodology  involves  a  mixed  approach with  a  descriptive  reach.  Theoretical  methods were employed, such as the Historical-Logical, Hypothetical-deductive, and Analysis-Synthesis  methods,  and  mathematical  models were   used   to   analyze   and   interpret   the obtained results. A survey sample was applied to  thirty-one  sophomores  and  thirteen  active teachers from  the Executive System  Teaching at  the  Tangamanga  University  in  San  Luis Potosi.   The    research    proves    that    a    change    of paradigm in Higher Education is transcendent. Good planning and systematization   could   solve   some   of   the hindrances  involved  in  peer-to-peer  tutoring. It    would    also    foster    didactic    principles, especially   any   principle   involving   special consideration  for  students  in  need  of  greater support.