There are several effective ways to create these guidelines. The tutor may decide to simply list the ground rules they wish the students to follow without taking the opinions of what the students think. If the tutor decides to do it this way it can be seen as “patronising:" (Atherton J S 2013) and for the tutor to be affective and help the students to learn they “need to get the class with you, agreeing their responsibility’s, rather than demanding compliance with your requirements” (Atherton J S 2013).
A second way to create the guidelines is for the tutor to list the ones they commonly use, and then ask for additional guidelines from the students. When someone proposes a ground rule it is important that the tutor asks the other students if they agree to it. If the majority does then it can be added to the list.
The best way, in my opinion to create these guidelines is to allow the students to generate the entire list. It is important to