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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450914003321

Autore

Miller Andrew <1949, >

Titolo

Mentoring students & young people : a handbook of effective practice / / Andrew Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Kogan Page

Sterling, Va. : , : Stylus Pub., , 2002

ISBN

1-138-14596-3

1-135-72718-X

1-280-07414-0

0-203-41718-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

371.102

Soggetti

Mentoring in education

Educational counseling

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Mentoring students and young people.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-292) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of case studies; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Ages and stages of education in the US, Canada, UK and Australia; Preface; The context of mentoring; The concept of mentoring; Business mentoring; Community mentoring: intergenerational programmes; Minority ethnic mentoring; Mentoring for students 'at risk' of exclusion; Peer mentoring; Telementoring; Higher education student mentoring in schools; Planning and managing mentoring programmes for young people; Focus on mentors; Mentoring processes; Evaluation and quality

The future of mentoring for students and young peopleGlossary of mentoring terms; Web guide; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mentoring is used in a wide range of situations in education: to assist learning; to help weaker students or those with specific learning needs or difficulties; to develop community or business links; to aid the inclusion of pupils otherwise at risk of exclusion; to develop ethnic links; to enable students to benefit from the support of their peers, to name but a few.The development and proliferation of mentoring and



mentoring schemes in education over the last few years has been dramatic, and presents teachers, school managers and leaders, as well as mentors themselves with a challenge. T