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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810462703321

Titolo

The Return of the mentor : strategies for workplace learning / / edited by Brian J. Caldwell and Earl M.A. Carter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Washington, D.C., : Falmer Press, 1993

ISBN

1-135-72151-3

1-280-06927-9

0-203-48555-6

0-7507-0167-6

9786610069279

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Education policy perspectives

Altri autori (Persone)

CaldwellBrian

CarterE. M. A (Earl M. A.)

Disciplina

658.3

658.407124

Soggetti

Employees - Training of

Mentoring in business

Mentoring in education

Mentoring in the professions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""THE FRAMEWORK""; ""The Principles and Practice of Mentoring""; ""THE EDUCATION CULTURE""; ""A Personal Perspective on Mentoring""; ""Mentoring for School Principals""; ""Preparing for Leadership in Schools: The Mentoring  Contribution""; ""THE HEALTH CULTURE""; ""THE INDUSTRIAL CULTURE""; ""Coaching in a Competency-based Training System:  The Experience of the Power Brewing Company""; ""Coaching Trainers for Workplace Performance""; ""Measuring the Returns""; ""TRANSFORMING THE WORKPLACE""; ""Notes and References""

""Notes on Contributors""""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This is a book on the good practice of mentoring written by scholars and practitioners in education, health and industry. It considers the roles of the mentor-mentee in changing workplaces affected by



external forces including technology, the economy and the dismantling of middle- management structures, and offers guidelines for those who seek good practice, and the nurturing of the individual in a caring and collaborative culture.; A brief history of mentoring and its subsequent usage is presented, with special attention paid to the gender issues. New concepts such as ""shadowing""