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Student Teacher Perceptions Of The Impact Of Mentoring On Student Teaching, Lori Kay Bird
Student Teacher Perceptions Of The Impact Of Mentoring On Student Teaching, Lori Kay Bird
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Mentoring is an essential component of the student teaching experience. The support provided by highly prepared and effective mentors contributes to the success of student teachers during this high stakes period of professional development. Findings from this mixed-methods study support five mentoring factors as valid and a useful framework for measuring the impact of the mentoring received by student teachers in the student teaching experience. The five factors are: personal attributes, system requirements, pedagogical knowledge, modeling, and feedback (Hudson, 2007). The Mentee Perceptions of Student Teaching survey was given to student teachers upon the conclusion of their student teaching experience …