One aspect of teachers’ working lives rarely given consideration within educational research is that of social interaction with colleagues. While research focuses strongly on linking teaching practices to students’ learning outcomes, the social benefits of teacher collegiality for teachers themselves is often neglected. In this study, I examine teachers’ perceptions among professionals working ...

One aspect of teachers’ working lives rarely given consideration within educational research is that of social interaction with colleagues. While research focuses strongly on linking teaching practices to students’ learning outcomes, the social benefits of teacher collegiality for teachers themselves is often neglected. In this study, I examine teachers’ perceptions among professionals working ...

Far more has been written about the possible outcomes of cross-age mentoring than about actual outcomes and the processes that lead to change. This study examined the effect of mentors’ attendance on their mentees’ outcomes after six months of developmental mentoring. Developmental mentoring is a structured, cross-age peer mentoring program designed to promote children’s development by facilita...

Mentoring new nurse educators in their pedagogy is vital to their long-term success and their students' learning. It is also crucial to build mentoring into ongoing professional development plans because doctoral studies rarely include information on how to be an effective teacher. An overlooked resource on college campuses is the education department. This article describes the processes of a ...

This paper explores critically the practice of teacher mentoring in Shanghai schools. It begins with a review of the literature on teacher mentoring, which is followed by an introduction to education and teacher mentoring in the schools. The next section critiques teacher mentoring in Shanghai and we highlight three key characteristics and strengths of the practice of teacher mentoring that ens...

Although peer review plays a central role in the maintenance of high standards in scientific research, training of reviewing skills is not included in the common education programmes. The Emerging EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism) Network (EMEUNET) developed a programme to address this unmet need. The EMEUNET Peer Review Mentoring Program for Rheumatology Journals promotes a systematic...

Three years ago the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) charged the National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD) to develop a mentoring program to train directors of specialized PTSD clinical programs in effective management skills. There were three reasons for this. First, the number of veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts coming to the VA for PTSD treatment was rapidly increasing. Second, a ...

The authors delineate the importance of a mentoring relationship and recommend strategies for universities, mentors, and graduate students to encourage the effective mentoring of minority students. Specifically, functional mentoring is the cornerstone of succeeding in graduate studies and in one's career. The protégé receives benefits via networking and " academic guidance, career development, ...