The Future of Education

Tutoring is a vital educational tool complementary to the traditional classroom teaching [1]. It is especially useful in supporting the development of computational thinking and problem-solving skills. Mastering these skills is one of the first and most important steps that novice programmers must take to be successful in their field [2]. Tutoring is a part of the educational system nowadays that fulfills the need for personalized and on-demand support that cannot be satisfied by traditional classroom teaching [3]. Little research was committed to analyzing the behaviours involved in the tutoring process and supporting tutors in this complex task. This work provides an overview of tutoring as an educational activity and various taxonomies and models of teaching behaviours. It attempts to identify those that appear in the tutoring context defining the Tutoring Behaviours Taxonomy (TBT). Since the main role of the tutor is guiding the learner in the process, as opposed to providing them with ready answers, this work focuses on the identification of guiding and telling behaviours of the tutor. The goal of this work is to develop a tool that can be used to assess tutoring activities and provide tutors with feedback on their choice of actions.