Mentor practices in the elementary schools of a public school-university partnership /
The purpose of this study was to describe mentoring practices
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to describe mentoring practices used with interns in the elementary schools of a school- university partnership. Types, amounts, and frequency of mentoring support given by the university, district, and individual school mentors are identified and described. The 89 interns who participated in this study were seniors majoring in elementary education who were hired as full-time teachers of record in 42 elementary schools in 4 school districts. Data collection methods included questionnaires for interns, mentors and university supervisors; interviews of a stratified random sample of interns and mentors; and a comparative case study of intern-mentor pairs at both extremes of mentorinvolvement. The major findings of this study are as follows-,(1) the school-university partnership model facilitated the full-time release of mentor teachers to engage in mentoring activities, but the model did not facilitate consistent release time for intern teachers; (2) mentor teachers in partner school spent more time mentoring and demonstrated more variety in mentoring practices than mentor teachers in non- partner schools, and (3) principals played a pivotal role in determining the quality of the mentoring provided at individual schools. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Curriculum and Instruction". |
| Physical Description: | xi, 171 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |