Section archive - Mentoring & Supervision

The study reports on the experiences of supervisors in a university teacher preparation program regarding their critical reflection on their practice. This has an impact on the learning opportunities available for their student teachers. This investigation focused on 3 university elementary supervisors and 12 teacher education students.

The paper presents a tutor-centered tutoring model. That model aims to develop and establish the pedagogical-disciplinary knowledge and skills of prospective teachers. The research findings focus on the evaluation of the model by its participants - tutors, tutees and program coordinator. The findings also indicate that the main tutoring targets were achieved.

The aim of this reflexive action inquiry was to examine the perceived authenticity (or lack thereof) of doctoral-level research methods instruction. The study's results show how and why cogenerative mentoring - as distinct from cogenerative work - goes beyond typical experiences in research methods courses, assistantships and even dissertation work.

The Early Childhood Professional Mentoring Group (ECPMG) was established to develop a forum of support for recent graduates of the authors' university's Masters programs in Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education. Moreover, this group was established to create a process for exploring and evaluating the ways that the university's programs are preparing professionals for practice. In order to gain insight into the process and the value of the group, throughout its 1st full academic year, the authors, as cofacilitators, conducted a 45-minute debriefing session after each monthly meeting. During these sessions, the authors reflected on the group's dynamics, topics or themes presented, and their own ways of participating, collaborating, and making meaning of the experience.