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ERIC Number: EJ455176
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4871
Mentors by Choice, Not Design: Help-Seeking by Beginning Teachers.
Tellez, Kip
Journal of Teacher Education, v43 n3 p214-21 May-Jun 1992
Reports on a study of 128 first-year teachers. The data suggest that beginning teachers are selective in whom they ask for help. Most sought help from experienced teachers they perceived as friendly or caring, whether they were mentors or not. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Help Seeking, Higher Education, Mentors, Preservice Teacher Education, Problem Solving, Self Motivation, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Improvement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Protege Mentor Relationship