ERIC Number: EJ1396251
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-2046-6854
EISSN: EISSN-2046-6862
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Tool-Based Mentoring Conversations in Teacher Education: New Structures, Opportunities and the Role of Adaptive Expertise
International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, v12 n4 p424-439 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate how school-based mentors and preservice teachers (PTs) perceive mentoring conversations when applying a set of newly developed digital tools accompanied by discursive tools in mentoring in practicum. Design/methodology/approach: This study performed a thematic analysis of 12 interviews (5 with mentors and 7 with PTs) to explore how the participants perceived mentoring conversations when applying a combination of digital and discursive tools in school-based mentoring conversations. This study uses a model of adaptive expertise to discuss the findings. Findings: This analysis revealed that the tools could alter the typical order of mentoring conversations. Mentors reported a change in their mentoring routines in which mentees took a more active role in conversations. The use of tools also allowed for richer conversations. From the perspective of PTs, the tools provided a structure for mentoring sessions, provided an alternative opening for mentoring conversations and enhanced their awareness of certain aspects of their own teaching. Originality/value: This study's results suggest that the application of tools in mentoring enhances mentoring by facilitating reflection among PTs and mentors and fostering the development of adaptive expertise.
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Cooperating Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Expertise, Practicums, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Video Technology, Information Technology, Teaching Styles, Student Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway (Oslo)
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