Peer Mentors as a Transition Strategy at University: Why Mentoring Needs to Have Boundaries

Autor/inn/en	Egege, Sandra; Kutieleh, Salah
Titel	Peer Mentors as a Transition Strategy at University: Why Mentoring Needs to Have Boundaries
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 59 (2015) 3, S.265-277 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
DOI	10.1177/0004944115604697
Schlagwörter	Peer Relationship; Mentors; Transitional Programs; School Orientation; College Freshmen; School Holding Power; Program Effectiveness; Definitions; Best Practices; Role Perception; Student Satisfaction; Sense of Community; Academic Support Services; Social Support Groups; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Peer-Beziehungen; Studienanfänger; Begriffsbestimmung; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Peer mentoring is often considered the single most effective strategy for increasing student retention and student satisfaction. As a consequence, mentoring programs have been implemented at most universities and are an essential feature of best practice transition programs. Yet, the literature is inconsistent regarding what the term entails and how it is applied, leading to diverse opinions about what constitutes a mentoring program. It could be argued that agreement on a definition of mentoring is secondary to the benefits of its practice and that an emphasis on terminology is just playing semantics. However, this article argues that terminology does matter and that elucidating what mentoring entails is crucial to the comparative evaluation and improvement of mentoring practice as well as the identification of best practice. The article goes on to suggest how mentoring boundaries might be set by drawing on experiences from an Australian University. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01