Evaluating a Formalised Peer Mentoring Programme: Student Voice and Impact Audit

Autor/inn/en	Knowles, Catherine; Parsons, Carl
Titel	Evaluating a Formalised Peer Mentoring Programme: Student Voice and Impact Audit
Quelle	In: Pastoral Care in Education, 27 (2009) 3, S.205-218 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0264-3944
DOI	10.1080/02643940903133888
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mentors; Children; Young Adults; Public Policy; Government School Relationship; Evaluators; Peer Relationship; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Öffentliche Ordnung; Peer-Beziehungen; Großbritannien
Abstract	Over the past 10 years, mentoring of children and young people has become an increasingly important feature of social policy in the United Kingdom. This is evidenced in the rapid growth in the number of mentoring schemes operating in a range of educational settings. In 2006 the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation was contracted by the Department for Education and Skills to pilot nationally a formal and sustainable peer mentoring scheme in 180 secondary schools in England, generating 3600 matched pairs. The evaluators, appointed by the Department for Education and Skills, had the overarching aim of supporting the development of evidence-based peer mentoring and enhancing the capacity of those involved to engage in evaluation practice. This article reports the methodology and main findings of the evaluation of the programme. It was evident that schools engaged positively and productively with the project and with this structured form of mentoring. Qualitative interview evidence, self-report data from the "About Me" scale, and the teacher and mentee and mentor "voice" attested to benefits, but impact data (attendance, attainment, behaviour) did not provide corroborative evidence of a positive effect. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10