Building Mentor Capacity for Brokering in Informal Learning Environments

Autor/inn/en	Nacu, Denise; Flores, Evelyn; Baran, Aneta; Keoborakot, Nina; Pinkard, Nichole
Titel	Building Mentor Capacity for Brokering in Informal Learning Environments
Quelle	(2018), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Capacity Building; Mentors; Informal Education; Facilitators (Individuals); After School Programs; STEM Education; Middle School Students; Females; Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; STEM; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Lehrerrolle; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung
Abstract	Research has demonstrated the importance of the learning support roles adults play to help youth navigate into areas of interest and career pathways. This study focuses on brokering which involves connecting youth to people, resources, programs, and other learning opportunities. We examined mentor practices in a 10-week out-of-school STEM program for middle-school aged girls, looking for roles they played, interactions with youth, goals, and challenges. Results revealed that different learning support roles were played prominently across different stages of the program, with only limited evidence of brokering. This work provides support to prior calls for more intentional programmatic design for brokering, and highlights opportunities to help mentors build capacity for brokering, including data-driven approaches. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01