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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hunskaar, Tove Seiness
• Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk

Titel

Tool-Based Mentoring Conversations in Teacher Education: New Structures, Opportunities and the Role of Adaptive Expertise

Ist Teil von

• International journal of mentoring and coaching in education, 2023-10, Vol.12 (4), p.424

Ort / Verlag

Emerald Publishing Limited

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Purpose: This paper aims to investigate how school-based mentors and preservice teachers (PTs) perceive mentoring conversations when applying a set of newly developed digital tools accompanied by discursive tools in mentoring in practicum. Design/methodology/approach: This study performed a thematic analysis of 12 interviews (5 with mentors and 7 with PTs) to explore how the participants perceived mentoring conversations when applying a combination of digital and discursive tools in school-based mentoring conversations. This study uses a model of adaptive expertise to discuss the findings. Findings: This analysis revealed that the tools could alter the typical order of mentoring conversations. Mentors reported a change in their mentoring routines in which mentees took a more active role in conversations. The use of tools also allowed for richer conversations. From the perspective of PTs, the tools provided a structure for mentoring sessions, provided an alternative opening for mentoring conversations and enhanced their awareness of certain aspects of their own teaching. Originality/value: This study's results suggest that the application of tools in mentoring enhances mentoring by facilitating reflection among PTs and mentors and fostering the development of adaptive expertise.