• Dr. Hadeer Abo El Nagah

  Author

Academic advising represents the foundational core of academic services. Though it is
considered by many as a service that can be provided by administrative staff with minimal help
from the faculty members, recent studies show that the involvement of the teaching faculty in the
process is of great importance. In the new millennium the international tendencies towards the
academic advising is leaning towards creating smaller clusters amongst students where
mentorship and leadership practices are positively acting to create a culture of students
engagement. This article proposes an advising approach based on Bloom’s appreciative
advising, it presents an example of enhancing the students’ engagement with the advising
process in the Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. The suggested example is divided into four
developmental phases that appropriates between MacDonald’s Tutoring Cycle (2000) and the
Appreciative Tutorii suggested by Jenna Grogan (2008). It promotes students leadership and
encourages forming communities of practice and applies social constructivism and Vygotsky's
ZPD.

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