Connecting embedded and stand-alone peer mentoring models to enhance student engagement
This paper outlines the Trident Student Mentoring Program that runs in the College of Engineering at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. The program offers both embedded and stand-alone models of peer mentoring services to the same cohort of first-year students. It shows that by forming stron...
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doaj-7a22a96d75fe4d6eb0d75673b270c53a2020-11-25T03:50:04ZengQueensland University of TechnologyStudent Success2205-07952018-03-0192879310.5204/ssj.v9i2.406406Connecting embedded and stand-alone peer mentoring models to enhance student engagementRhys Cooper0Victoria UniversityThis paper outlines the Trident Student Mentoring Program that runs in the College of Engineering at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. The program offers both embedded and stand-alone models of peer mentoring services to the same cohort of first-year students. It shows that by forming strong links between these two types of peer mentoring models, the inherent challenges of both, such as low attendance rates in stand-alone models and short periods of peer to peer time in embedded models, are mitigated.https://studentsuccessjournal.org/article/view/406 |
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Connecting embedded and stand-alone peer mentoring models to enhance student engagement |
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Connecting embedded and stand-alone peer mentoring models to enhance student engagement |
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Student Success |
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This paper outlines the Trident Student Mentoring Program that runs in the College of Engineering at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. The program offers both embedded and stand-alone models of peer mentoring services to the same cohort of first-year students. It shows that by forming strong links between these two types of peer mentoring models, the inherent challenges of both, such as low attendance rates in stand-alone models and short periods of peer to peer time in embedded models, are mitigated. |
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