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Mentoring for Teacher Development: Possibilities and Caveats
Bob Elliott,James Calderhead +1 more
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In this paper, the authors discuss how growth in teaching can be fostered in student teachers through mentoring, and compare and contrast the conceptions of mentoring and student teachers' learning held by a sample of mentors.Abstract:
Introduction
This chapter is 'concerned with how growth in teaching can be fostered in student teachers through mentoring. It begins with an analysis of the growth process by drawing upon recent research on student
teachers' learning. It then compares and contrasts this with the conceptions of mentoring and student teachers' learning held by a sample
of mentors involved in an articled teacher training scheme. This comparison of the two is used to raise issues concerning the roles and
responsibilities of mentors, their potential contribution to student
teachers' professional development and obstacles that may have to be
overcome to reach this potential.read more
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