ERIC Number: EJ1023489
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 20
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Positive and Negative Facets of Formal Group Mentoring: Preservice Teacher Perspectives
Eriksson, Anita
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, v21 n3 p272-291 2013
The use of mentoring within teacher education has become more common in recent years, however, there still seems to be a lack of research about formal group mentorship models as a pedagogical process. In my study, I presented knowledge about how a formal group mentorship model used during a teacher education program at a Swedish university has affected the student teachers' professional development. The findings suggest that nearly all the student teachers describe the mentoring group conversations as beneficial as they have contributed to a strengthened socialization, identity and/or teacher role, a possibility to share experiences, hear others perspectives, and get support in the process of linking theoretical educational content and teaching activities. A few students expressed that the mentoring program has not contributed at all to their professional development.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mentors, Student Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development, Teacher Education Programs, Models, Professional Identity, Socialization, Group Dynamics, Barriers, Teacher Role, Communities of Practice, Group Discussion, Group Experience, Training Methods, Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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