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The Influence of mentoring relationships on the professional development of in -service distance education students
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/71690 The Influence of mentoring relationships on the professional development of in -service distance education students Ogina, Teresa Auma andrg7@yahoo.com Gordon, Karen UCTD Mentoring relationships Professional development Distance education Distance learning Mentorship Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2019. The study reports on an investigation into the influence of the mentoring relationship on the professional development of in-service distant education student-teachers. It explored how student-teachers and their mentors at primary schools in Mpumalanga perceive and experience mentoring relationships as part of their professional development. The primary research question that guided this study was to determine what role mentoring relationships play in the professional development of in-service distant education student-teachers. Three subquestions were used that focused on mentors and mentees’ perceptions and experiences of mentoring relationships; aspects of the relationships that contributed most to their professional development; and the mentoring practice within the selected schools. This qualitative study used a case study design and semi-structured interviews generated the relevant data. The study was grounded in Hudson’s model of mentoring for effective teaching and learning as a conceptual framework. The participants consisted of senior teachers who acted as mentors and in-service distant education student-teachers were the mentees at six primary schools in Mpumalanga Province. The findings of this study show that mentorship appears to be conceptualised as individual or collective student-teacher emotional support and professional support. Mentorship provides learning opportunities for the student-teachers to fill in the gaps in what could be regarded as the unwritten rules of the teaching profession. The positive influence of the mentor relationship involves supporting distance education student-teachers to grow and mature into accountable, responsible and professional teachers. Through the mentoring process mentors have an opportunity to reflect on their practice for their own professional career growth. The negative influence of mentoring was caused by the characteristics of mentor and organisational challenges. Recommendations are made for developing policy and improving practice. TM2019 bs2026 Education Management and Policy Studies MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth 2019-10-09T14:22:57Z 2019-10-09T14:22:57Z 19/09/06 2019 Dissertation Gordon, K 2019, The Influence of mentoring relationships on the professional development of in -service distance education students, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71690> S2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71690 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Mentoring relationships Professional development Distance education Distance learning Mentorship Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 The Influence of mentoring relationships on the professional development of in -service distance education students |
| title | The Influence of mentoring relationships on the professional development of in -service distance education students |
| title_full | The Influence of mentoring relationships on the professional development of in -service distance education students |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of mentoring relationships on the professional development of in -service distance education students |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of mentoring relationships on the professional development of in -service distance education students |
| title_short | The Influence of mentoring relationships on the professional development of in -service distance education students |
| title_sort | influence of mentoring relationships on the professional development of in service distance education students |
| topic | UCTD Mentoring relationships Professional development Distance education Distance learning Mentorship Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71690 |