The current development of mentorship programs for gifted students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is explained with examples from the search for potential mentors within the university community and a discussion of the development and operation of the mentorship program of Chinese creative writing for Hong Kong students. (Contains…

Three Native Americans working in sports training, film making, and engineering discuss their thoughts on leadership. Each one defines leadership in terms of their own experiences, aspirations, and successes, but all three come to similar conclusions: community members must be willing to nurture leadership in young people by acting as role models…

This article presents a matchmaking management strategy and guidelines from a school- and university-based mentoring program. Two community-based mentor projects implemented by the Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth are shared. Student reports from the program demonstrate that the long-term benefits to gifted students are…

Describes different methods for instilling musical leadership in students from the beginning of their music instruction, such as peer example or cooperative-learning strategies. Explains that student confidence is undermined by the belief that leadership is a personality characteristic, but students are reassured when they understand it as a set…

Suggests that, when looking for ways to increase American-Indian presence in higher education, American-Indian doctorates should be contacted. Asserts that these scholars can serve as role models and mentors to increase educational access and student retention. (VWC)

Proposes that music teachers should use a reflective approach to classroom management that enables them to examine their teaching practices. Offers a collection of questions for classroom management to determine and improve teachers' perceptiveness, creativity, and ability to set a good example. (CMK)

This article discusses the benefits of a mentoring program to help gifted students, including helping students to mature, to explore future careers and successes, to apply classroom knowledge, and to gain role models. Strategies for selecting students for a mentoring program and for implementing a mentoring program are provided. (Contains…

Socialization can take place through participation in sports since sports provide a microcosm for living and society. The structure of social relations in sports influences the participants' development of social skills. Researchers have strived to answer whether sports provides a positive outlet for, or teaches and reinforces, aggression. This…

"The pleasure of finding things out" is a collection of short works by the Nobel Prize winning scientist Richard Feynman. The book provides insights into his infectious enthusiasm for science and his love of sharing ideas about the subject with anyone who wanted to listen. Feynman has been widely acknowledged as one of the greatest physicists of…

As a group, deaf students attending elementary and secondary schools are more diverse and multicultural than the general school-age population. The purpose of this study is to provide deaf students of color with information about positive role models and success stories relevant to their own ethnic cultures as well as the mainstream deaf and…

Career theory proposes the importance of role models as helping to guide individual development. Furthermore, the media often depict role models as essential to career success. However, research on role models as a construct distinct from developmental relationships with mentors and behavioral models has waned. This article makes the case for…

This National Center for Education Research (NCER) Practice Guide is the second in a series of IES guides in education. The goal of this practice guide is to formulate specific and coherent evidence-based recommendations that educators can use to encourage girls in the fields of math and science. The target audience is teachers and other school…

Power Teaching weaves four factors into a seamless whole: standards, teaching thinking, research based strategies, and critical inquiry. As a prototype in its first year of development with an urban fifth grade class, the power teaching model connects selected district standards, thinking routines from Harvard University Project Zero Research…

Mentoring has evolved to become a crucial aspect of support for new teachers and has become the dominant form of teacher induction. However, limited scholarly effort has compared the perceptions of dyad members for congruence and differences. The purpose of the study was to examine and compare the perceptions of novice teachers and formal mentors…

This paper describes how an after school elementary arts program served as a teaching lab for undergraduate pre-service teachers. The program was designed and implemented by an art education faculty member as an undergraduate service-learning course and research investigation on the outcomes of an inquiry-based K-12 art curriculum. It also became…