International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education: Volume 4 Issue 1

Extending the mentor role in initial teacher education: embracing social justice

Vicky Duckworth, Bronwen Maxwell

The purpose of this paper is to explore how mentors can act as change agents for social justice. It examines mentors’ roles in initial teacher education in the lifelong learning…

Dialectical tensions experienced by diversified mentoring dyads

Marcy Meyer

– The purpose of this paper is to examine diversified mentoring relationships (DMRs) at a mid-sized Midwestern state university (MMSU) in the USA.

Mentoring for women starting a PhD: a “free zone” into academic identity

Aurianne Stroude, Tanja Bellier-Teichmann, Odile Cantero, Nora Dasoki, Laure Kaeser, Miriam Ronca, Diane Morin

Despite increasing numbers of women attaining higher levels in academic degrees, gender disparities remain in higher education and among university faculty. Authors have posited…

Building a sustainable structure to support the Adaptive Mentorship model in teacher education

Twyla Salm, Val Mulholland

The purpose of this paper is to develop a deeper understanding of how to implement a professional development training strategy for the Adaptive Mentorship (AM) model (Ralph and…

Equality of mentoring and coaching opportunity: making both available to pre-service teachers

Tina Salter

The purpose of this paper is to explore why mentoring is preferred over coaching when supporting pre-service teachers, compared with other stages in a teacher’s career where…

Editorial

Andrew J. Hobson, Jan Long, Pat Ashby