A Turtle’s Journey: Strengthening Indigenous Research Capacity through Mentoring

A Turtle’s Journey: Strengthening Indigenous Research Capacity through Mentoring

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Mentoring can provide significant benefits to both the mentor and the mentee. Such relationships can develop organically, or through a matching process as part of a mentoring program, as structured mentoring. This paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of both types of mentoring in the cont...

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Main Author: Heron Loban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: James Cook University 2014-04-01
Series:eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
Online Access:https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3319
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spelling doaj-e86e7fbe6a664dfba03bb08979124c9c2021-09-16T01:46:01ZengJames Cook UniversityeTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics1448-29402014-04-01131A Turtle’s Journey: Strengthening Indigenous Research Capacity through MentoringHeron Loban0School of Law, James Cook UniversityMentoring can provide significant benefits to both the mentor and the mentee. Such relationships can develop organically, or through a matching process as part of a mentoring program, as structured mentoring. This paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of both types of mentoring in the context of strengthening Indigenous research capacity. The author reflects on her own experiences of being mentored as an Indigenous academic and researcher and the lessons that can be learned from this experience. With reference to the literature and author’s case study, the paper will focus on the potential professional, personal and social impacts of mentoring relationships for Indigenous academics.https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3319
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description Mentoring can provide significant benefits to both the mentor and the mentee. Such relationships can develop organically, or through a matching process as part of a mentoring program, as structured mentoring. This paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of both types of mentoring in the context of strengthening Indigenous research capacity. The author reflects on her own experiences of being mentored as an Indigenous academic and researcher and the lessons that can be learned from this experience. With reference to the literature and author’s case study, the paper will focus on the potential professional, personal and social impacts of mentoring relationships for Indigenous academics.
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