Staff-wide Mentoring of Pre-service Teachers: Benefits and Barriers
School-university partnerships are purported to develop the collegial support needed for any educational change. They may also surmount barriers between pre-service and in- service teacher education. In this school-university partnership study involving staff wide mentoring of pre-service teachers a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brock University
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Brock Education: a Journal of Educational Research and Practice |
| Online Access: | http://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/brocked/home/article/view/54 |
| Summary: | School-university partnerships are purported to develop the collegial support needed for any educational change. They may also surmount barriers between pre-service and in- service teacher education. In this school-university partnership study involving staff wide mentoring of pre-service teachers as a change agent, the writer outlines the benefits to pre- and in-service teachers and the barriers encountered that prevented them from fulfilling partnership promise. Pre-service teachers achieved desired internship outcomes and change-resistant teachers developed collegiality and support. Central administration interference and lack of principal leadership created barriers. Suggestions for overcoming the barriers are offered. |
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| ISSN: | 1183-1189 |