On Becoming an Effective Mentor in Adult Education--Investigating the Perceptions of Greek Adult Educators

Autor/in	Koutsoukos, Marios
Titel	On Becoming an Effective Mentor in Adult Education--Investigating the Perceptions of Greek Adult Educators
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 15 (2022) 3, S.1-13 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Mentors; Adult Education; Positive Attitudes; Adult Students; Lifelong Learning; Educational Needs; Foreign Countries; Adult Educators; Teacher Attitudes; Selection Criteria; Teacher Characteristics; Communication Skills; Innovation; Faculty Development; Teacher Student Relationship; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Ausland; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; Kommunikationsstil; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Griechenland
Abstract	Interest in mentoring, which is an innovative method in adult education (CEDEFOP, 2013), has been growing rapidly in Europe, especially since the Lisbon European Council in 2000. In Greece, this interest has found expression either through the development of educational material in the context of adult educator training programmes, or the investigation of the mentoring needs of adult learners (Koutsoukos, 2021). In spite of the obvious fact that the mentor plays a key role in ensuring that the mentoring process is constructive and successful, there has been little research to date on the attributes of an effective mentor in adult education. The present study, using multimethod research, examined the perceptions of 337 Greek adult educators as to what characteristics constitute an effective mentor, as well as the role and the selection criteria of a successful mentor. The findings indicated that the key qualities of an effective mentor were: having sufficient training in adult education and mentoring, teaching, communication and relational skills, as well as having a positive attitude to lifelong learning and a willingness to innovate. In addition, the role of an effective mentor was perceived by the study participants as being a trainer, a model teacher, as well as an equal partner. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11