The Impact of Mentor Education: Does Mentor Education Matter?

Autor/inn/en	Ulvik, Marit; Sunde, Eva
Titel	The Impact of Mentor Education: Does Mentor Education Matter?
Quelle	In: Professional Development in Education, 39 (2013) 5, S.754-770 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-5257
DOI	10.1080/19415257.2012.754783
Schlagwörter	Mentors; Teacher Education Programs; Faculty Development; Teacher Participation; Participant Satisfaction; Foreign Countries; Beginning Teacher Induction; Secondary School Teachers; Questionnaires; Focus Groups; School Support; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Benefits; Qualitative Research; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fragebogen; Schulförderverein; Lehrerverhalten; Bildungsertrag; Qualitative Forschung; Norwegen
Abstract	To gain a deeper understanding of mentor preparation, which is still an underdeveloped area, the current paper focuses on a formal mentor education programme offered to teachers in secondary school at a university in Norway. The research questions in this qualitative study examine why teachers participate in the programme, how they perceive the education and which parts of the programme they value. The underlying question is whether mentor education matters. The findings show that the mentor students in the programme moved from a practical towards a more conceptual understanding of mentoring. They developed "a mentor language, a mentor network and a mentor attitude". There is, however, a limited understanding of mentor education in schools, and being a mentor is not recognised as a profession. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10