'You Know What, This Is Kind of Helping Me': Students' Experiences of a Hong Kong School-Based Mentoring Programme

Autor/inn/en	Harrison, Mark Gregory; Luk, Bonnie; Lim, Lianne
Titel	'You Know What, This Is Kind of Helping Me': Students' Experiences of a Hong Kong School-Based Mentoring Programme
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 28 (2019) 2, S.149-157 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Harrison, Mark Gregory)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0119-5646
DOI	10.1007/s40299-018-0421-2
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Mentors; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Hongkong
Abstract	Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with ethnically Chinese adolescents enrolled into a school-based mentoring programme at a private secondary school in Hong Kong. Interview data were analysed thematically and two themes developed: 'experiencing mentoring' and 'experiencing the mentor'. The mentees, although initially sceptical about mentoring, were surprised by its helpfulness. Through the development of an informal and collaborative relationship in which students experienced their mentor as a trustworthy, mature and objective adult, students found an important source of emotional support and practical help which benefited their academic work. Students' experience was influenced by their mentors' role in the school, length of service and gender match. School-based mentoring programmes in a Hong Kong context have the potential to offer emotional and academic support to students. Cultural factors may have an impact on the experience of mentoring which schools should take into account when setting up such programmes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01