Mentoring in Further Education
Meeting the National Occupational Standards
Learning Matters Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-84445-022-0 (ISBN)
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Description
This book provides a source of guidance, support and training materials for those involved with mentoring in colleges of further education. It addresses the relevant aspects of the (FENTO) national occupational standards for Leadership and Management in FE and examines the role of mentoring for professional development through the use of practical case studies. Current theory is presented in an acessible way, illustrated with familiar and pertinent examples.
Reviews / Votes
"A wise, witty, theoretically informed and practically helpful book" (International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching, January 2006)More details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Exeter
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sage Publications Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 171 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84445-022-0 (9781844450220)
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Jonathan Gravells | Susan Wallace
Mentoring in the Lifelong Learning Sector
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Persons
Jonathan Gravells, MA (Cantab), MSc is a management consultant specialising in organisation development and change. Before setting up his own company he held senior management posts in Human Resources in the food and drink and engineering industries. He is a trained coach and mentor with many years experience of developing effective leaders and teams. He is co-author of a previous book with Susan Wallace, Mentoring in Further Education. Susan Wallace is Professor of Continuing Education at Nottingham Trent University. She previously taught for ten years in Further Education and has worked in a local authority advisory role for post-16 education. She is the author of a number of books, including Teaching, Tutoring and Training in the Lifelong Learning Sector and Managing Behaviour in the Lifelong Learning Sector.
Content
Definitions: who was Mentor and what does that have to do with FE?
The reflective mentor
Institutional issues
Making it work in practice
I've got a mentor. What happens now?
Peer mentoring
Core skills for mentoring
Evaluating performance
Effective mentor = Effective teacher
The reflective mentor
Institutional issues
Making it work in practice
I've got a mentor. What happens now?
Peer mentoring
Core skills for mentoring
Evaluating performance
Effective mentor = Effective teacher