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Mentoring and New Teacher Induction in the United States: A Review and Analysis of Current Practices
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Bullough, Robert V., Jr. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2012
In this article, current practices were reviewed in mentoring and induction across three large states--New York, Texas, and California--and one small state, Utah. Patterns and trends are described in the United States, program results and evolving views of mentoring are discussed, gaps in the research literature are identified, and the future of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Orientation, Beginning Teacher Induction, Literature Reviews
Mentoring and the Emotions
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Bullough, Robert V., Jr.; Draper, Roni Jo – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2004
Drawing on data from nine secondary school mentor teachers, the authors explore the emotional aspects of mentoring. Embracing a view of 'cool' professionalism, the mentors hid from their interns the intensity and complexity of their work as mentors. The authors argue that to maximize the value of mentoring neophyte teachers should be given a…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers, Internship Programs, Mentors
Novice Teacher Growth and Personal Models of Mentoring: Choosing Compassion over Inquiry
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Young, Janet R.; Bullough, Robert V., Jr.; Draper, Roni Jo; Smith, Leigh K.; Erickson, Lynnette B. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2005
This article presents a model of mentoring which may be used as an analytic tool for reflecting on practices commonly employed in supporting beginning teachers. Eighteen mentors and 36 intern teachers whom they mentored were participants in the study. Analysis of data revealed three general patterns of mentoring--responsive, interactive, and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Altruism, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Collaboration
Making Sense of a Failed Triad: Mentors, University Supervisors, and Positioning Theory
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Bullough, Robert V., Jr.; Draper, Roni Jo – Journal of Teacher Education, 2004
Mentoring is often portrayed as an unqualified good. Teacher educators claim that mentoring holds promise for beginning teacher development, increased retention of novice teachers, and mentor-teacher improvement. Drawing on positioning theory, this study describes negotiation of power and position in a failed triad composed of a public school…
Descriptors: Teacher Interns, Teacher Educators, Mentors, Beginning Teachers
Analyzing Personal Teaching Metaphors in Preservice Teacher Education as a Means for Encouraging Professional Development.
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Bullough, Robert V., Jr.; Stokes, David K. – American Educational Research Journal, 1994
Using data from 22 students in a year-long teacher certification program, the authors explore the analysis of personal teaching metaphors as a means of facilitating the professional development of beginning teachers. Strengths and weaknesses of the approach are identified, and implications for teacher education are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Change, College Students
One-Year Teaching Internships and the Dimensions of Beginning Teacher Development
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Bullough, Robert V., Jr.; Young, Janet; Draper, Roni Jo – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
The authors draw on data from weekly e-mail responses to a questionnaire completed by beginning teachers placed in one-year, paid, internships. Interns were assigned mentors who responded every several weeks, also via e-mail, to a questionnaire about the interns and their development. Data from 23 interns were analyzed. Seven themes were…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Internship Programs, Questionnaires, Beginning Teacher Induction