Description
Supporting new teachers is a common challenge globally and the European Commission has recently emphasised the need to promote a lifelong continuum of teachers professional development by building bridges between pre-service and in-service teacher education.Peer-Group Mentoring for Teacher Development introduces and contextualises for an internati
Table of Contents
1. Teacher Education and Development as Lifelong and Lifewide Learning; 2. Peer-Group Mentoring and the Culture of Teacher Education in Finland; 3. The First Years as a Teacher; 4. Mentoring as Sustainable School Development; 5. Individual and Social Meanings of Mentoring; 6. Diverse Landscapes of Mentoring; 7. Peer-group Mentoring in the Context of Transforming Local Administration; 8. Multiprofessional Mentoring Groups in Vocational School; 9. Experiences of PGM in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups; 10. Diversity of Mentoring; 11. Group as a Context for Peer-Group Mentoring; 12. Keys to Success; 13. Lessons Learnt from Peer-Group Mentoring Experiments; 14. Future Perspectives: Peer-Group Mentoring and International Practices of Teacher Development
