Helping Students Help Themselves: Strategies for Successful Mentoring Relationships

Black, Linda L.; Suarez, Elisabeth C.; Medina, Sondra

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6978.2004.tb01859.x

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“…What helped me in the research meetings was the combination of various factors: the collaborative and cooperative environment, the challenging discussions, the stories that were told, the visualizations, the affirmations and support of the faculty leader and students, the positive energy, and the effective facilitation of the meetings by the faculty leader. My experiences and previous studies (Black, Suarez, & Medina, 2004) suggest that faculty advisers and leaders challenge, coach, and support their protégés to improve skills, engage in personal growth activities, or develop their personal awareness.…”

Section: The Research Team Meetingsmentioning

confidence: 79%

Getting to the Point: Using Research Meetings and the Inverted Triangle Visual to Develop a Dissertation Research Question

Fernando

Hulse‐Killacky

2006

Counselor Education and Supervision

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This article contributes to the research training environment literature by presenting a method to guide the development of a dissertation research question. The method relies on 2 essential components: (a) informal doctoral student research team meetings to provide a mentoring environment in which conversation and discussion about dissertation questions takes place and (b) an inverted triangle visual to identify specific steps in the question-development process. The first author's experience and that of 3 other participants with this method are chronicled to illustrate its efficacy.

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Section: The Research Team Meetingsmentioning

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Getting to the Point: Using Research Meetings and the Inverted Triangle Visual to Develop a Dissertation Research Question

Fernando

Hulse‐Killacky

2006

Counselor Education and Supervision

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“…In counseling programs, mentorship is seen as a relationship between a mentor and a protégé who are at different stages in their careers and who respect and support one another (Schwiebert, 2000). Mentoring relationships serve as a support for socialization and development of counselors (Black, Suarez, & Medina, 2004) and helps them strengthen their professional identity (Murdock, Stipanovic, & Lucas, 2013). Additionally, Clark, Harden, and Johnson (2000) found that clinical psychology students who had mentors tended to experience increased satisfaction with their program experience than did their non-mentored peers, suggesting similar implications for counseling students and further strengthening the argument for mentorship.…”

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Self-Efficacy of Counselor Trainees in Pre-Practicum: A Phenomenological Study

Flasch¹,

Bloom²,

Holladay³

2011

JCP

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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore pre-practicum counselor trainees' perceptions of self-efficacy related to beginning clinical work. Specifically, the researchers were interested in better understanding self-efficacy and competence related to core training areas, as well as experiences that help or hinder self-efficacy development. To explore these questions, the researchers conducted a focus group with six counseling graduate students. Using content analysis procedures, the following seven themes were identified: (a) Counselor Fears, (b) Coping, (c) Motivation, (d) Group Work, (e) Ethical Considerations, (f) Multicultural Considerations, and (g) Recommendations. Implications for counselor educators and supervisors are discussed.

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“…Mentoring promotes successful completion of doctoral work including the dissertation (Black, Suarez, & Medina, 2004). It is a developmental partnership through which knowledge, skills, and perspectives are shared to support personal and professional growth (Black et al, 2004;Buck, Mast, Latta, & Kaftan, 2009;Ku, Lahman, Yeh, & Cheng, 2008).…”

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“…It is a developmental partnership through which knowledge, skills, and perspectives are shared to support personal and professional growth (Black et al, 2004;Buck, Mast, Latta, & Kaftan, 2009;Ku, Lahman, Yeh, & Cheng, 2008). Mentees often seek various types of support from their mentors involving personal accountability, support, friendship, promotion of personal growth, and constructive feedback about student progress (Black et al, 2004).…”

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Building a Community of Researchers Using the Research Mentoring Model

Nolte¹,

Bruce²,

Becker³

2015

JCPS

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The development of a community environment and strong mentoring relationships is integral in helping doctoral students complete their degrees. Of the stages comprising a student's academic career, effective conceptualization and writing of the dissertation proves the most challenging and may result in failure to complete a doctoral degree. The researchers developed and used their Research Mentoring Model (RMM) to help doctoral students identify research topics, move into a researcher identity, and develop a sense community. This hermeneutic phenomenological sought to understand the experience of the five first year doctoral students participants. All were enrolled in a CACREP accredited Counselor Education and Supervision program of a western university. Each student was the Focus Person during participated in a structured, 90-minute mentoring to explore the possible directions of dissertation research. The sessions were attended by faculty and advanced doctoral students who provide feedback and discuss possible research. The five first year students were then interviewed about their experiences with the RMM. The themes that emerged from the individual interviews included: experiencing a sense of community, developing a researcher identity, increasing confidence, self-efficacy and motivation, as well as finding support from peers and faculty. The Article concludes with limitations, reflections and directions for future research. Earning a doctoral degree is a complex process that involves the crossing of several thresholds leading to successful graduation (Kiley, 2010; McAlpine & Lucas, 2011;Protivnak & Foss, 2009). Across disciplines, the doctoral dissertation is historically the final requirement between a doctoral candidate and the completion of a doctoral degree (Aitchison, Catterall, Ross, & Burgin, 2011;Pillay & Kritzinger, 2007). Of the stages that comprise a student's academic career, the dissertation process often prove the most challenging and may result in degree noncompletion (Carter, 2011;Gardner, 2010;Kiley & Wisker, 2009) Despite the tolerable completion rates in Counselor Education, there remain serious consequences for institutions and their students who do not graduate. Energy, time, and financial resources seem wasted for students who discontinue their academic path. What can be done?Building a community of faculty and doctoral student researchers may minimize the attrition rate, support doctoral students to move into a research identity, and enhance motivation toward graduation (Griffiths, Thompson, & Hryniewicz, 2010). Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the creation of a research community and collateral activities meant to support doctoral students through the dissertation process.For the current research study, the community of researchers is defined as a group of university faculty, especially dissertation advisors, and doctoral students at various stages in their doctoral work. Community members provide support and feedback, as well as ensure accountability, whi...

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Helping Students Help Themselves: Strategies for Successful Mentoring Relationships

Cited by 28 publications

References 27 publications

Getting to the Point: Using Research Meetings and the Inverted Triangle Visual to Develop a Dissertation Research Question

Getting to the Point: Using Research Meetings and the Inverted Triangle Visual to Develop a Dissertation Research Question

Self-Efficacy of Counselor Trainees in Pre-Practicum: A Phenomenological Study

Building a Community of Researchers Using the Research Mentoring Model

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