“…The second feature was that the mentor should have the formation knowledge to convey information to the child through an appropriate method. These findings are in line with the studies that suggest that mentors should have expertise and knowledge (Emerson-Stonnell & Carter, 1994;Davis & Rimm, 2004;Yorulmaz, Altinkurt & Yilmaz, 2015;Johnson & Nelson, 1999;Ozdemir, 2015), be willing to share knowledge (Niehoff, 2006;Gordon, 1991;Bullough, 2005), be a role model (Bisland, 2001;Cohen, 1995;Yirci & Kocabas, 2010), use effective communication skills (Rose, 2003;Awaya et al, 2003), and be a loyal friend and counselor (Mullen, 1998;Kram, 1985;Alleman & Clarke, 2000). With this point of view, characteristics of a mentor are common across many cultures (Yirci & Kocabas, 2010).…”