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Chapter 2: Navigating The Mentoring Process In A Research-Based Teacher Development Project: A Situated Learning Perspective, K. Patton, L. L. Griffin, Deborah Sheehy, R. Arnold, A. M. Gallo, Karen Richardson, P. Dodds, M. L. Henninger, A. James

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In this article, the authors investigate key aspects of a 2-year study of mentoring within a reform-based teacher development project, explore the various mentor relationships, and theorize about key events, tensions, and dynamics that resulted in an unexpected sense of community among project stakeholders as a direct result of mentoring. Data for this article describe the impact of teacher mentoring within the Assessment Initiative for Middle School Physical Education (AIMS-PE) project. AIMS-PE was a multi-year Center for Disease Control grant funded project with goals including assisting in-service teachers to examine and reframe their assessment practices and to increase their students. …