Conference paper
The BEST approaches to online mentoring
Australian Association for Research in Education
AARE 2006 International Education Research Conference (Adelaide, S.A, 27/11/2006–30/11/2006)
2006
Abstract
The beginning year of teaching is arguably a critical year for determining the longevity and success of a teacher's career, and the one that would most benefit from induction and mentoring. This paper describes the design and development of a theoretically based, generic website template for online communities of practice for beginning teachers that provides independent and experienced mentoring support. It includes a rich range of resources that are automatically updated and links to professional websites and other relevant sources of support. The paper illustrates and compares the ways in which the online resource can be used as a model to meet the professional needs of different cohorts of beginning and experienced practitioners, using different models of mentoring suited to various levels of funding and professional support.
Details
- Title
- The BEST approaches to online mentoring
- Authors/Creators
- A. Herrington (Author/Creator)G. Rowland (Author/Creator)J. Herrington (Author/Creator)D. Hearne (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- AARE 2006 International Education Research Conference (Adelaide, S.A, 27/11/2006–30/11/2006)
- Publisher
- Australian Association for Research in Education
- Identifiers
- 991005539575007891
- Copyright
- 2006 The Authors
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Note
- Appears In: AARE Conference Paper Abstracts 2006 (Paper Code: HER06680)
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