A Research Review of Literacy Tutoring and Mentoring in Initial Teacher Preparation: Toward Practices That Can Transform Teaching

Abstract

Our goal through this literature review is to report and synthesize the findings from research into literacy tutoring and literacy mentoring in initial teacher preparation. We identified a total of 62 published articles that met our selection criteria. We identified four conceptual areas of focus to organize and represent our findings: (a) the structural and design features of the one-to-one or small-group experiences, (b) preservice teacher learning and growth within the tutorial/mentoring experience, (c) preservice teacher learning and growth beyond the tutorial/mentoring experience, and (d) mediating factors associated with preservice teacher growth. We discuss the challenges and promises for this line of research for transforming teacher preparation through the attention to third and hybrid spaces for mentoring experiences.

Mentoring in Transformative Hybrid Spaces: Preservice Teacher Preparation and Literacy Learning in Moçambique

“…In light of the JAAL readership, we note that Hoffman et al. 's (2019) literature review on mentoring in teacher preparation found that only a few of the 60 studies focused on teacher preparation to work with youths in middle school and high school settings. We hope this commentary encourages readers of JAAL to consider transformative hybrid spaces as options for their work.…”

“…According to a review of research into the uses of hybrid spaces (Hoffman et al., 2019), hybrid spaces (often called tutoring in the literature) provide beginning teachers opportunities to grow in their knowledge of literacy, language, and word structure and in the use of particular pedagogical and instructional strategies. Hoffman et al.…”

“…Hoffman et al. (2019) argued for the use of the term mentoring over tutoring in the context of learning to teach. They contended that mentoring emphasizes relationship building and the colearning that occurs between the mentor (beginning teacher) and the mentee (youth with whom the beginning teacher is working) much more than does tutoring.…”

Design Principles for Coaching Toward Reflection and Transformation in Literacy Preservice Teacher Education

“…We also draw on literature that focuses on how it is that PTs learn through experiences, situated in practice (Grossman, 2011). Programs that accomplish these goals often include guided practicum, in which course instructors in clinical settings guide PTs in teaching and reflection (Hoffman et al, 2019). Although we know quite a bit about how teachers learn in clinical experiences within courses, less attention in the field of literacy has been paid to CTs’ guidance of practice in the classroom practicum setting.…”

Наставництво В Галузі Навчання Іноземних Мов: Анотована Бібліографія

“…Sato, E., & Chen, J. C. (2019). Rise to the occasion: The trajectory of a novice Japanese teacher's first online teaching through action research.…”