摘要：Peer tutoring has gained increasing interest in the university within the reform of higher education in the last two decades. In this context, are being explored possible relationships between formal learning and other different types of learning that had remained outside the university tradition. It is with the consideration of informal learning, and in relation to theories of communities of practice and situated learning, which is of particular importance peer tutoring. This article is a theoretical study on this teaching resource that focuses on two key issues. On the one hand, to elucidate the complex problem that affects terminology. On the other, to highlight the importance of their specific contributions to student learning. Both are essential to claim its uniqueness and the relevance of its results, and then, to foster its thoughtful integration into university teaching.
