ERIC Number: EJ1385727
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 29
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1361-1267
EISSN: EISSN-1469-9745
Designing a Complementary E-Mentoring Program for Pre-Service ELT Teachers: Online Co-Mentoring Project
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, v31 n3 p352-380 2023
In this qualitative study, we designed an online mentoring program to complement school-based mentoring to enrich the quality of existing mentoring experiences and explored the impact of this project on the professional development of 12 EFL pre-service teachers in an English-medium university in Turkey and six qualified English teachers. Pre-service teachers were assigned online co-mentors and asked to send them their lesson plans and teaching videos and several questions regarding their practicum, lesson plan preparation, delivery, assessment issues, as well as career-related concerns via e-mail to receive feedback. The data collected via semi-structured interviews before and after the project were analyzed through content analysis. The findings indicated a relatively high level of satisfaction among pre-service teachers regarding detailed feedback provision, the development of alternative viewpoints into teaching, enhanced teaching self-efficacy, reduced teaching anxiety, new insights into their career choices, and some challenges concerning the online nature of the study.
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Design, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Professional Education, Language Teachers, Lesson Plans, Video Technology, Teaching Methods, Electronic Mail, Feedback (Response), Anxiety, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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