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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
This digest describes teacher mentoring and its different applications. A list of 10 characteristics and activities inherent in any mentor-protege relationship is provided. A discussion is presented on the ways that mentoring, an essentally informal process, has been formalized in business firms and school systems. In considering the benefits that…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mentors, Program Design
Ascher, Carol – 1988
Planned mentoring programs, which purposefully link disadvantaged youth with someone older and more experienced, have become a popular means of providing adolescents with adult contacts, counselors, and role models. Mentoring programs vary widely in their objectives, and in the duration, frequency, and intensity of the planned relationship. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth
Padak, Nancy; Sapin, Connie; Baycich, Dianna – 2002
This paper reviews and synthesizes reports about family literacy programs and practices, focusing on outcomes for adult learners. Emphasis is on resources available in the ERIC database beginning in 1990. Section 1 on programs reviews sometimes conflicting definitions of family literacy and finds that a common thread is strengthening…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
