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ERIC Number: EJ605848
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000-Apr
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4871
The Role of Effective Mentors in Learning to Teach.
Fairbanks, Colleen M.; Freedman, Debra; Kahn, Courtney
Journal of Teacher Education, v51 n2 p102-12 Mar-Apr 2000
Explored the characteristics of successful mentoring. Student teachers and their mentors attended monthly workshops during which they identified effective mentoring characteristics. Data from dialogue journals, interviews, videotapes of conferences, and workshop artifacts highlighted three categories: (1) helping student teachers survive their beginning teaching experiences and define their teaching lives; (2) establishing relationships based on dialogue and reflection; and (3) building professional partnerships. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Collegiality, Higher Education, Mentors, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Student Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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