Full Description
Mentorship of faculty, students and policy makers is at the core of academic development. This book explores several approaches to mentoring and the benefits of mentorship in higher education and in teaching and research.
Mentoring is based on trust and care and building relationships and skills through affinity and empathy. However, mentoring practices in higher education are constantly imperilled by crises, political polarization, technological developments, and economic disparities. This is precisely why it is particularly important and desirable to promote trust as a basis for the development within academic communities through mentoring. The chapters in this volume emphasize the mutual benefits of mentorship for both mentees and mentors, highlighting the importance of trust, reciprocity, and care. The development of a conceptual understanding of mentoring practices as 'eye-to-eye interactions' helps unearth pathways towards building connections that nurture everyone's voice, empowerment and growth.
This book was originally published as a special issue of International Journal for Academic Development.
Contents
1. Transcending hierarchies: mentorship as reciprocal growth 2. Mentorship for early career academics in a long-term problem- and project-based university academic development program in Denmark: views of subject and pedagogy mentors 3. The role of the facilitator in collective reflection on higher education teaching 4. Students with disabilities mentoring staff: supporting scalable academic development for inclusive education 5. Exploring mentors' perceptions of the benefits and challenges of mentoring in a constellation model 6. Supporting faculty scholarship through a peer writing group: a model and guide for success 7. Sustainable, affordable, and transferable approaches to experienced doctoral supervisor development 8. Group-based journal review: opportunities for researcher development and enjoyment 9. Serendipitous conversations: the 10-year journey in becoming SoTL scholars and educators 10. A Programme for Women achieving Excellence in Research (PoWER): theoretically informed intervention design and evaluation 11. A taught approach to personal tutoring 12. Enhancing reflective practice: lessons learned and adjustments in scaffolding critical reflection in peer observation of teaching 13. Distributed leadership and peer review: a MOOC exemplar 14. Academics at work: mentoring in research, teaching, and service 15. Mentor perspectives on the place of undergraduate research mentoring in academic identity and career development: an analysis of award winning mentors
