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ERIC Number: EJ1474636
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1360-144X
EISSN: EISSN-1470-1324
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Mentorship for Early Career Academics in a Long-Term Problem- and Project-Based University Academic Development Program in Denmark: Views of Subject and Pedagogy Mentors
Xiangyun Du1; Juebei Chen1; Nikolaj Stegeager1; Trine Lindvig Thomsen1; Aida Guerra1; Patrik Kristoffer Kjaersdam Telléus1; Line Bune Juhl1
International Journal for Academic Development, v30 n2 p143-158 2025
The study explored the viewpoints of two groups of mentors -- subject and pedagogy -- on their roles in a 12-month problem-based learning (PBL) academic development program at a Danish university. Q methodology analysis from 49 mentors revealed consensus on certain generic characteristics of good mentorship, namely active listening, constructive feedback, and mutual respect. Significantly distinguished collective opinions on good mentorship were identified through three factors: 1) providing advice using one's own teaching experience, 2) probing mentee self-reflection and responsibility, and 3) co-creating and mediating. While most pedagogy mentors were loaded on Factor 2, emphasizing a social-constructivist approach centred on mentees, subject mentors' views differed across all three distinct collective opinions. Factor 1 participants consisted mainly of subject mentors who have had no pedagogical background, with some reporting similar views to pedagogy mentors. Factor 3 included five female subject mentors who highlighted the importance of knowledge co-creation, reciprocity, and peer learning -- an approach called for in the mentorship literature. The results suggest that structured mentorship preparation programs are needed, in addition to professional learning communities, for pedagogical and subject mentors to work collaboratively.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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Author Affiliations: 1Aalborg Centre for Problem Based Learning in Engineering Science and Sustainability, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark