Mentoring in the New Millennium

Collaboration, dialogue and expansive learning: The use of paired and multiple placements in the school practicum

“…In line with this, the use of coaching (involving mutual observation and peer support) has long been identified as an effective tool for professional learning (Joyce & Showers, 1988) and many authors (e.g. Hargreaves & Fullan, 2000) have argued for the importance of the role of mentoring as a force for improving the profession.…”

Formally Educated Mentors in Norway. Possibilities and Challenges in Mentors’ Support of Colleagues’ Professional Development

“…What should mentors know, and why? If the aim is to support and challenge experienced as well as newly qualified teachers, in line with Hargreaves and Fullan (2000), mentoring programs should prepare mentors to become change agents for the whole school community. Mentors should not just learn how to support others but also how to transform the teaching profession.…”

Integrating Technology into Teacher Preparation and Practice: A Two-way Mentoring Model

“…The next logical step is to consider ways in which such opportunities for professional development might be structured to the advantage of both groups of teachers at the same time. Hargreaves and Fullan (2000) point out that a paradigm shift is occurring in how new teachers should be seen as they enter the profession and it is in this paradigm shift that the solution to this question might be found. Whereas in the past, new teachers were seen as relatively unskilled and in need of support by the system, we should now see them as possessing competencies from which those already in the classroom could benefit.…”

“…We believe that there is a need for a research study that would explore the potential of the concept of mentoring posited by Hargreaves and Fullan (2000) and Guskey's (2000) concept of connecting practices with results around the use of technology in classroom teaching. As outcomes of such a study, we would hope to find that:…”