Global Perspectives on Mentoring

Frances K. Kochan, Joseph T. Pascarelli (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

2000
Information Age Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-930608-38-2 (ISBN)

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This book explores mentoring from a global perspective, highlighting commonalities and differences across various fields and contexts. Each chapter covers program overviews, challenges, solutions, benefits, and outcomes. It offers insights into creating mentoring programs, overcoming problems, and assessing impact.

This book will examine mentoring from a global perspective in an effort to discover the commonalties and differences, not only in diverse fields of practice, but across a wide range of contextual Place your subscription or standing order today! settings. Each chapter of the book will contain an overview of the program, problems encountered and solutions to them, benefits, outcomes, impact, and thoughts for reflection and consideration. The editor will examine common themes and explore their cross cultural implications. The volume is intended for those interested in the concept of mentoring in any professional setting and culture. It will provide important insights into how to create a mentoring program, strategies for overcoming problems, and methods for assessing outcomes and impact.

Part I. Building Nurturing Contexts For Youth Through Mentoring

Chapter 1. Creating Connections Across New Learning Systems in the UK's National Mentoring Pilot Project; Alan Evans

Chapter 2. Building Cultures of Caring and Empowerment for Israel's At-Risk Youth; Barbara Frisko and Cheruta Wertheim

Chapter 3. Possible Futures Envisioned by Student Mentees in Amsterdam; Wiel Voogtens

Chapter 4. Developing Cultural Citizens through Australia's Young Artists Mentoring Program; Robert Clarke and Mary Ann Hunter

Chapter 5. Bridges and Barriers in Australia's Youth Mentoring Programs; Judith MacCallum and Susan Beltman

Part II. Rebuilding Cultures For Equity And Access

Chapter 6. Fostering Career Development for Black Academics in the New South Africa; Hilary Geber

Chapter 7. Women, Mentoring, and Opportunity in Higher Education: A South African Experience; Patricia Smit

Chapter 8. Creating Mentoring Networks to Foster Women’s Roles in Higher Education Across Continents and Contexts; Colleen Chesterman

Chapter 9. Breaking Barriers in Business: Coaching Women for Career Advancement in the United Kingdom; Suzy Wales

Part III. Reshaping Professional Cultures

Chapter 10. In Between Worlds: The Tensions of In-Service Mentoring in Israel; Lily Orland-Barak

Chapter 11. Creating Cultures of Collegiality: Mentoring in Swedish Schools; Laila Cergertel, Jan Dackenberg, Tom Ganser, and Annica Nordenfjell

Chapter 12. Changing the Professional Development Landscape Through Mentoring: School/University Partnering in the United Kingdom; Alan Child and Stephen Merrill

Chapter 13. A Case for Leadership, Relationships, and School Change in Pakistan; Noreen Mirza

Part IV. Fostering Learning Communities

Chapter 14. From Reducing Attrition to Building Learning Communities: A University Mentoring Program; Paul W. Chang, Lynne Cohen, Lisbeth T. Pike, Julie-Ann Pooley, and Lauren Brown

Chapter 15. International E-Mentoring for a Healthy Future: The Global Action Network Experience; Jessica Klein

Chapter 16. Building International Cultures of Synergy Through Online Social Networks; Kristen M. Snyder and Michele Acker-Hocevar

Chapter 17. Shifting the Odds in the Casino of Academic Publishing Through Mentorship; Carol A. Mullen

Part V. Mentoring As Personal And Transformational Growth

Chapter 18. On the Bridge: A Cross-Cultural Mentoring Model for Higher Education; Kevin McMahon and Gregory J. Fritzberg

Chapter 19. Insights from Two Cross-Cultural Mentoring Journeys; Barbara Mullins Nelson and Augustine Tawiah

Chapter 20. Love, Trust, and Concern: Ingredients for Successful Mentoring Relationships; Fengxia Zhao and Cynthia J. Reed

Conclusion

Culture, Context, and Issues of Change Related to Mentoring Programs and Relationships; Frances K. Kochan and Joseph T. Pascarelli

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.2002
Reihe/Serie	Perspectives on Mentoring
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	666 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10	1-930608-38-1 / 1930608381
ISBN-13	978-1-930608-38-2 / 9781930608382
Zustand	Neuware