🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

学生辅导员

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xué shēng fǔ dǎo yuán

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pastoral-tutor/ˈpɑː.stər.əl ˈtjuː.tər/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"学生辅导员负责照顾学生的心理健康和日常生活。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A teacher or staff member in a school or university responsible for the personal, emotional, and social welfare of a group of students, in addition to academic guidance.

    "The pastoral-tutor met with the student to discuss her anxiety about upcoming examinations."
  2. 2

    An academic advisor whose primary institutional role is to provide counseling and support for non-academic challenges faced by learners.

    "New undergraduates are assigned a pastoral-tutor during their first week on campus."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'pastoral', originating from the Latin 'pastor' (shepherd) via Old French, historically denoting spiritual or general care, and 'tutor', from Latin 'tutor' (guardian, watcher). In British and international educational contexts, the compound emerged in the late 20th century to describe educators tasked with looking after students' emotional well-being alongside academic progress.

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🇫🇷French → English

tuteur référent

Transliteration: tytœʁ ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃

"Le tuteur référent a aidé l'élève à surmonter ses difficultés personnelles."

🇩🇪German → English

Vertrauenslehrer

Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯nsˌleːɐ̯ɐ

"Der Vertrauenslehrer bietet Schülern emotionale Unterstützung."

🇮🇹Italian → English

tutor di orientamento

Transliteration: tuˈtor di orienˈtamento

"Il tutor di orientamento segue gli studenti nel loro percorso di crescita."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

tutor de pastoral

Transliteration: tuˈtoɾ de pas.toˈɾal

"El tutor de pastoral atiende el bienestar emocional de los alumnos."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

tutor de apoio

Transliteration: tuˈtoɾ dʒi aˈpoju

"O tutor de apoio ajudou o aluno a resolver seus problemas pessoais."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

मार्गदर्शक शिक्षक

Transliteration: margdarshak shikshak

"छात्रों की व्यक्तिगत समस्याओं के समाधान के लिए मार्गदर्शक शिक्षक नियुक्त किया गया है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

学生辅导员

Transliteration: xué shēng fǔ dǎo yuán

"学生辅导员负责照顾学生的心理健康和日常生活。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

상담 교사

Transliteration: sang-dam gyo-sa

"상담 교사는 학생들의 정서적 안정을 돕는 역할을 합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

生活指導教員

Transliteration: seikatsu shidō kyōin

"生活指導教員は生徒のメンタルヘルスをサポートします。"

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