International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education: Volume 7 Issue 4

Mentoring and professional identity formation for teaching stream faculty: A case study of a university Peer-to-Peer mentorship program

Anne H. Simmonds, Andrew P. Dicks

Peer-to-peer (P2P) mentorship has been identified as an important component of professional identity formation in higher education (HE). This may be especially true for…

Talking to the mentees: exploring mentee dispositions prior to the mentoring relationship

Z.W. Taylor, Victoria G. Black

The purpose of this paper is to explore how postsecondary mentoring programs address mentee dispositions prior to the mentee entering the reciprocal relationship, particularly…

Investigating the benefits of online peer mentoring for student confidence and motivation

Jo Fayram, Nel Boswood, Qian Kan, Anna Motzo, Anna Proudfoot

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of an online peer-mentoring initiative for language students at the Open University, UK. The communities of practice (CoP…

Challenges and complexities of developing mentors’ practice: insights from new mentors

Wendy Gardiner, Nina Weisling

Induction mentoring for early career teachers is a complex practice, requiring knowledge and skills distinct from teaching. However, more is known anecdotally than empirically…

A thematic analysis of the experience of educational leaders introducing coaching into schools

Dirk Posthumus Anthony, Christian J. van Nieuwerburgh

Schools are traditionally hierarchical organisations with headteachers holding significant influence to effect change. The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of an…

Coaching elementary preservice teachers: Hybrid spaces for cooperating teachers and university field supervisors to collaborate

Melissa Wetzel, James V. Hoffman, Beth Maloch, Saba Khan Vlach, Laura A. Taylor, Natalie Sue Svrcek, Samuel Dejulio, Ashley Martinez, Haylee Lavender

The purpose of this paper is to disrupt traditional, separate roles in preservice teacher (PT) education, moving toward hybrid mentoring spaces, which is practice-based and a…