Mentoring Relationships: Cooperating Teachers' Perspectives on Mentoring Student Interns

Autor/inn/en	Russell, Melody L.; Russell, Jared A.
Titel	Mentoring Relationships: Cooperating Teachers' Perspectives on Mentoring Student Interns
Quelle	In: Professional Educator, 35 (2011) 1, (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0196-786X
Schlagwörter	Cooperating Teachers; Mentors; Qualitative Research; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Role; Expectation; Motivation; Supervisor Supervisee Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Student Teachers; Student Teaching; Internship Programs; Questionnaires; Demography + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Co-operation; Cooperation; Teacher; Teachers; Kooperation; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Qualitative Forschung; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerrolle; Expectancy; Erwartung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Teaching practice; Unterrichtspraxis; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Fragebogen; Demografie
Abstract	Cooperating teachers play a vital role in the professional development of student interns. Although they serve as mentors, most cooperating teachers do not receive comprehensive or coordinated preparation for their role as effective mentors. This article presents findings from a qualitative research study exploring the perceptions of nine cooperating teachers about mentoring student interns and identifies the salient factors impacting their mentoring relationships: (a) role of the mentor, (b) expectations for the mentoring relationship, and (c) cooperating teachers' motivation for serving as a mentor. A formal mentoring preparation program was designed for cooperating teachers and implemented at our university. The Summer Mentor Teacher Support Program (SMTSP) consisted of a two-day, 6-hr-per-day workshop, which addressed strategies for effective mentoring and building positive relationships and served as the site for data collection. A brief description of this program is provided. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10