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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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491

Mentoring in Family Firms : A Reflective Analysis of Senior Executives' Perceptions

Boyd, John Hillyer 05 1900 (has links)
This study is a reflective analysis of the perceptions of senior executives in family businesses that relate to their personal experiences of having been mentored. The study presents an overview of the topic of mentoring, defines key terms, and identifies questions addressed in the research. The rationale for this study rested on two facts. First, mentoring in non-family businesses constitutes the majority of the literature. That literature supports the importance of mentoring. Secondly, mentoring in family businesses has not been researched.
492

Mentoring in Nursing Doctoral Education: Processes, Perceptions, Problems and Prospects

Kirkley, Debra Lynn 05 1900 (has links)
This study described the mentoring relationship between doctoral nursing students and their committee chairs. Twenty-two public university doctoral programs responded to a request for names and addresses of their doctoral candidates. The Major Professor Mentoring Scale was used to measure the mentoring relationship. The survey also included demographic and open-ended questions regarding the student-committee chair relationship. Surveys were mailed to 269 doctoral students with an 86% return rate. A principal components analysis was performed to identify the structure underpinning the relationship. The typical doctoral student in this sample was found to be a 44 year old Caucasian female, married with children, working full or part time while pursuing a PhD degree. Students traveled an average of 85 miles each way to campus and nearly half had selected their program based on its location. The typical committee chair was a Caucasian, tenured, associate or full professor between 46 and 69 years of age. The majority of chairs were married and had funded research projects. The students in the study reported knowing their chairs for an average of five years. The study revealed that mentoring is occurring in the majority of relationships between doctoral nursing students and their committee chairs. Students identified many strengths and weaknesses in their relationships with their chairs although the relationship appears to be largely positive. The mentoring relationship is composed of four principal components, the largest of which is psychosocial support. Dissertation support, role modeling and scholarly collaboration comprise the other three components. The factor receiving the most positive rating was role modeling, suggesting that students see their chairs as intelligent and hard-working. Students also report positive feelings about both the psychosocial and dissertation support they have received from their chairs. Students reported more neutral feelings about scholarly collaboration suggesting that this is not a frequent occurrence in the relationship. Demographic variables including age, sex, race, geographic distance and family status were not predictors for mentoring scores.
493

Mentoring as a tool for academic and personal development in the Mellon Mays undergraduate program.

Mabeta, Matsie Rebecca 09 January 2012 (has links)
This research project investigated how students and mentors in the 2008 Melon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship experienced the benefits and difficulties of the mentoring relationship. With the help of the mentor students appeared to excel both academically and personally. A qualitative research paradigm was used and unstructured interviews were conducted with five mentors and five students in the first cohort of the MMUF at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Mentoring reports completed by mentors were analysed and validated the content of the interviews. Both mentors and mentees confirmed that mentoring was indeed a powerful tool for academic and personal development. They maintained that there was no way that one could develop academically and not develop personally. Mentoring relationships that did not succeed were attributed to no effort on the part of either the student or the mentor. The mentors and mentees agreed that the benefits were mutual; they all learned from each other. Student development was observable and students reported that they were beginning to feel part of a community of scholars.
494

O vivido em tutoria mentoring: uma análise fenomenológica da experiência dos alunos de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais / Experiencing mentoring: a phenomenological analysis of the experience of medical students of the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Martins, Ana da Fonseca 04 December 2014 (has links)
Introdução: Programas de Tutoria/Mentoring, por meio de uma relação próxima junto aos alunos, oferecem suporte e também um ambiente de reflexão para uma formação profissional. O interesse pelo tema é crescente dentro e fora do Brasil, entretanto, são poucos os estudos que examinam o mentoring considerando as experiências dos próprios alunos, tal como eles as vivenciam. Objetivo: Compreender a experiência vivida por alunos de Medicina na atividade de Tutoria/Mentoring da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Método: Pesquisa documental com análise fenomenológica dos relatórios produzidos pelos alunos ao final da atividade no 5º período do curso. Resultados: Os elementos experienciais presentes nos depoimentos deram origem a grupos de vivências em três conjuntos temáticos: 1. O contexto da tutoria - os alunos vivenciaram a necessidade e pertinências de suporte para o estudante de Medicina e a inserção da atividade no 5° período do curso; 2. O vivido na tutoria - a tutoria foi vivenciada como espaço de liberdade e abertura às necessidades dos estudantes, onde vários assuntos puderam ser discutidos. Nos encontros, os alunos vivenciaram uma nova qualidade de relação no contexto acadêmico, construída por meio do compartilhar dos desafios e fragilidades vivenciados ao longo do curso. Reconheceram ter conhecido mais e melhor seus colegas de turma e consideraram os tutores como pessoas disponíveis a acompanhá-los em sua formação; 3. A avaliação da experiência - os alunos, com poucas exceções, vivenciaram a tutoria de forma positiva, como uma ação de humanização do ambiente acadêmico, e recomendam sua continuidade e extensão para outros momentos do curso. Conclusões: A relação de tutoria mostrou contribuir tanto no enfrentamento das vicissitudes da formação quanto no exercício de habilidades como a escuta, a aceitação e a comunicação, fundamentais para a boa atuação do médico em seu cotidiano profissional. O Mentoring mostrou ser valioso referencial teórico e prático de atenção ao estudante ao contribuir tanto para o suporte pessoal e profissional ao estudante quanto para as demandas de formação em áreas humanísticas no currículo médico / Introduction: Mentoring Programs offer support and reflection for professional development through a close relationship with the students. Interest in Mentoring has increase in Brazil and around the world. However, few studies examine the mentoring considering the experiences of the students. Objective: To understand the lived experience of medical students of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in the Mentoring Program. Method: Documentary research with phenomenological analysis of the reports students at the end of the Mentoring Program. Results: The elements present in the reports gave rise to three thematic groups of experiences: 1. The context of Mentoring - students experienced the need and relevance of support during the graduation , especially in the fifth period of the course; 2. Was lived in Mentoring - the students experienced mentoring as a space open to their needs, were many issues was freely discussed. In the meetings, the students experienced a new kind of relationship, built through the sharing of challenges and weaknesses faced throughout the medical course. They revealed having known better their classmates and their tutors were considered as persons available to accompany them in their training; 3. The experience\'s evaluation - the students, with few exceptions, have had a positive experience with Mentoring, as an act of humanization of the academic environment, and recommend its continuation and extension to other periods of course. Conclusions: The Mentoring relationship showed contribute in facing the vicissitudes of training and in the exercise of skills such as listening, acceptance and communication, fundamental skills to the good performance of the medical professional in your daily life.The experience of Mentoring students showed intersections between the student support and the demands of training in humanistic goals in medical education
495

Tecnologias da informação e comunicação (TICs) na educação: professores - mediadores - mentores / Information and communication technologies (ICT) in education: teachers - mediators - mentors

Barros, Thaís Helena de Camargo 31 October 2011 (has links)
Esta Dissertação tem como objetivo geral analisar a relação professor - aluno na cultura digital, identificando os possíveis lugares que o professor passa a ocupar neste contexto no qual os laços sociais vêm sendo re-configurados. No mundo globalizado, ou pós-moderno, a criação de conhecimento adquire lugar central na estrutura social e cultural e, em particular, nas instituições, com destaque para empresas e escolas. Novas maneiras de produzir, aprender, ensinar, consumir e relacionar-se têm sido permanentemente criadas. Um mundo em transformação no qual a inserção das tecnologias da informação e comunicação (TICs) é intensa, porém, não é o centro da discussão, como muitas vezes se afirma - ou critica - mas coloca o questionamento sobre como as pessoas incorporam esse novo modo de interação para sustentar tais mudanças. Os processos de aprendizagem ganham um destaque que se reflete em investimentos para gerar cenários que incentivem o conhecimento e a inovação e se apropriam cada vez mais de mídias audiovisuais que proporcionam ações pedagógicas mais criativas e amplas. Nas empresas a gestão de pessoas adquire maior complexidade, especialmente no aprimoramento dos processos de educação corporativa. Paralelamente, nas escolas a preparação para o mercado de trabalho é potencializada. A aproximação entre estes universos, adotada na presente pesquisa, tem caráter inovador, e provocador, na medida em que propõe a reflexão sobre a Educação - e mais especificamente a escola - na perspectiva da cultura organizacional, e não sob a ótica das teorias e práticas pedagógicas. Tal abordagem buscou sustentação teórica nos campos da Educomunicação, da Economia da Informação e da Psicanálise. Um dos princípios que norteia o estudo é o conceito de mentoring, processo que visa inspirar e provocar as pessoas na direção do desenvolvimento de suas potencialidades; sustentado pela troca, sem hierarquização de saberes, valoriza o aprendizado, a experimentação e a criação do conhecimento. Inserido desde o século XVIII no ambiente educacional, foi incorporado pelas empresas no século XX. Para discutir o lugar que o professor ocupa na cibercultura recorremos ao princípio de semblante, presente na psicanálise lacaniana, que fala da maneira pela qual o sujeito se mostra; aparência de que lança mão na tessitura do laço social. O estudo desdobrou-se em uma pesquisa de campo realizada em escolas da rede pública do Estado de São Paulo, através de observações do cotidiano das instituições e entrevistas em profundidade realizadas com professores e alunos. A pesquisa possibilitou constatar que a inserção das TICs nas escolas da rede pública está fortemente voltada à realização de atividades básicas, muitas delas, de gestão, e ocorre de maneira pontual. A questão relacional mantém-se no centro das atenções, e das expectativas, tanto de professores quanto de alunos. No cenário da cultura digital, o professor ainda se vê - e é visto - a partir do modelo há tempos estabelecido. Resultados que apontam para a importância da reflexão sobre os usos das TICs e, sobretudo, sobre possibilidades e necessidades de investimentos na formação de gestores e professores. / The overall objective of this dissertation is to analyze the teacher/student relationship in the digital culture, identifying the possible roles teachers are beginning to play in this context where social bonds are being reconfigured. In the globalized or post-modern world, the creation of knowledge has acquired a major place in the social and cultural structure, especially in institutions, among which companies and schools prevail. New ways of producing, learning, teaching, consuming and relating are being constantly created. A world undergoing transformation, in which the inclusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is intense, however, is not at the center of discussions, as many times stated--or criticized. The question here is how people incorporate this new way of interacting to sustain such changes. Learning processes have won a distinct notability. This is reflected in investments to generate scenarios that stimulate knowledge and innovation and increasingly make use of audiovisual media, which provides for more creative and encompassing pedagogical actions. In companies, people management is becoming more complex, especially when it comes to corporate education processes. At the same time, at schools, the training for the job market is being potentialized. The approximation of these two universes, adopted in this research, has an innovative and provoking character to the extent that it proposes a reflection about Education--more specifically about school--under the perspective of the organizational culture, and not under the point of view of pedagogical theories and practices. This approach relied on theoretical bases in the fields of Educommunication, Information Economics and Psychoanalysis. One of the principles that guide the study is the concept of mentoring, a process which aims at inspiring and prompting people to develop their potentials. It is sustained by exchange with no hierarchization of knowledge, and values learning, experimenting and creating knowledge. Inserted into the educational environment back in the 18th century, this concept was incorporated by companies in the 20th century. In order to discuss the role of teachers in cyberculture, we based ourselves on the principle of likeness, present in lacanian psychoanalysis. This precept addresses how individuals show themselves, an appearance on which they rely when weaving social bonds. The study unfolded into a field research developed at public schools of the State of São Paulo, which observed the everyday life of the institutions, and conducted in-depth interviews with teachers and students. The research allowed verifying that the inclusion of ICTs at the schools of the public system frequently includes basic activities, many of which related to management, and occurs sporadically. The issue of relationship remains the center of attention, being some of the highest expectations of both teachers and students. In the scenario of digital culture, teachers still see themselves--and are seen--from the perspective of the long-established model. We obtained results that point at the importance of reflecting about the uses of ICTs, and, above all, the possibilities and the necessity of investing in the training of managers and teachers.
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O vivido em tutoria mentoring: uma análise fenomenológica da experiência dos alunos de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais / Experiencing mentoring: a phenomenological analysis of the experience of medical students of the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Ana da Fonseca Martins 04 December 2014 (has links)
Introdução: Programas de Tutoria/Mentoring, por meio de uma relação próxima junto aos alunos, oferecem suporte e também um ambiente de reflexão para uma formação profissional. O interesse pelo tema é crescente dentro e fora do Brasil, entretanto, são poucos os estudos que examinam o mentoring considerando as experiências dos próprios alunos, tal como eles as vivenciam. Objetivo: Compreender a experiência vivida por alunos de Medicina na atividade de Tutoria/Mentoring da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Método: Pesquisa documental com análise fenomenológica dos relatórios produzidos pelos alunos ao final da atividade no 5º período do curso. Resultados: Os elementos experienciais presentes nos depoimentos deram origem a grupos de vivências em três conjuntos temáticos: 1. O contexto da tutoria - os alunos vivenciaram a necessidade e pertinências de suporte para o estudante de Medicina e a inserção da atividade no 5° período do curso; 2. O vivido na tutoria - a tutoria foi vivenciada como espaço de liberdade e abertura às necessidades dos estudantes, onde vários assuntos puderam ser discutidos. Nos encontros, os alunos vivenciaram uma nova qualidade de relação no contexto acadêmico, construída por meio do compartilhar dos desafios e fragilidades vivenciados ao longo do curso. Reconheceram ter conhecido mais e melhor seus colegas de turma e consideraram os tutores como pessoas disponíveis a acompanhá-los em sua formação; 3. A avaliação da experiência - os alunos, com poucas exceções, vivenciaram a tutoria de forma positiva, como uma ação de humanização do ambiente acadêmico, e recomendam sua continuidade e extensão para outros momentos do curso. Conclusões: A relação de tutoria mostrou contribuir tanto no enfrentamento das vicissitudes da formação quanto no exercício de habilidades como a escuta, a aceitação e a comunicação, fundamentais para a boa atuação do médico em seu cotidiano profissional. O Mentoring mostrou ser valioso referencial teórico e prático de atenção ao estudante ao contribuir tanto para o suporte pessoal e profissional ao estudante quanto para as demandas de formação em áreas humanísticas no currículo médico / Introduction: Mentoring Programs offer support and reflection for professional development through a close relationship with the students. Interest in Mentoring has increase in Brazil and around the world. However, few studies examine the mentoring considering the experiences of the students. Objective: To understand the lived experience of medical students of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in the Mentoring Program. Method: Documentary research with phenomenological analysis of the reports students at the end of the Mentoring Program. Results: The elements present in the reports gave rise to three thematic groups of experiences: 1. The context of Mentoring - students experienced the need and relevance of support during the graduation , especially in the fifth period of the course; 2. Was lived in Mentoring - the students experienced mentoring as a space open to their needs, were many issues was freely discussed. In the meetings, the students experienced a new kind of relationship, built through the sharing of challenges and weaknesses faced throughout the medical course. They revealed having known better their classmates and their tutors were considered as persons available to accompany them in their training; 3. The experience\'s evaluation - the students, with few exceptions, have had a positive experience with Mentoring, as an act of humanization of the academic environment, and recommend its continuation and extension to other periods of course. Conclusions: The Mentoring relationship showed contribute in facing the vicissitudes of training and in the exercise of skills such as listening, acceptance and communication, fundamental skills to the good performance of the medical professional in your daily life.The experience of Mentoring students showed intersections between the student support and the demands of training in humanistic goals in medical education
497

Formação complementar do aluno de engenharia: estudo exploratório para identificar fatores que impactam a eficácia da aprendizagem de competências para gestão de carreira. / Complementary education of engineering student: exploratory study to identify factors that impact the effectiveness of learning on competencies for career management.

Reinaldo Koei Yonamine 07 February 2012 (has links)
A necessidade de ampliar a formação dos alunos de Engenharia visando também desenvolver novas competências não técnicas tem sido anunciada de forma enfática por vários segmentos da sociedade, como entidades de classe, órgãos governamentais, educadores, pesquisadores e pelos próprios egressos quando se deparam com o mercado de trabalho. Essa, contudo, não é uma missão trivial para as escolas de Engenharia basta comparar volume de declarações e apelos sobre a importância dessa missão com o volume de ações institucionais efetivas. Trata-se, na verdade, de um grande desafio que implica mudança de paradigma e do projeto pedagógico, conforme se pode observar nos diversos trabalhos apresentados em congressos de ensino de Engenharia. Tendo em vista esse contexto, esta tese tem como objeto de estudo uma atividade complementar que pode contribuir para o desenvolvimento de algumas das novas competências requeridas do engenheiro: o programa de Gestão de Carreira & Mentoring, desenvolvido, desde 2002, no âmbito da Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo como um serviço gratuito para formandos, egressos e novos docentes. Essa atividade complementar extracurricular serve de eixo a partir do qual se orienta e incentiva o aluno a refletir e agir em relação a questões como empregabilidade, autoconhecimento, desenvolvimento de competências, visão de futuro, projeto de carreira, alternativas de ocupações e educação continuada. Trabalho dessa natureza, pouco comum na grade curricular dos cursos de Engenharia no Brasil, pode contribuir significativamente para a formação do engenheiro com o perfil demandado pelas várias instâncias da sociedade, inclusive o mercado de trabalho. Para tal, a presente tese apresenta três estudos de casos com experimentos educacionais concernentes à referida atividade complementar e visa responder à seguinte pergunta de pesquisa: Que fatores impactam a eficácia de aprendizagem de atividades complementares desenvolvidas para preparar os alunos de engenharia para uma transição satisfatória para o mundo profissional?. Partindo de uma investigação teórica pautada nas teorias da Orientação Profissional e outras correntes teóricas e em uma análise qualitativa desses estudos de casos, identificaram-se três grupos de fatores, quais sejam: (1) fatores identificados empiricamente a partir dos estudos de casos; (2) Fatores teóricos baseados nas teorias da Orientação Profissional e (3) fatores teóricos baseados nas outras referências teóricas. Este estudo oferece às escolas de Engenharia um conjunto de conceitos, técnicas, processos e lições aprendidas que podem servir de referência para a incorporação dessas atividades, de forma transversal, em disciplinas afins (e.g. Introdução à Engenharia e Estágios). / Comprehensive engineering education aiming at the development of soft competences has been called for by several sections of society, including professional boards, governmental bodies, educators, researchers and newly graduated professionals facing unexpected work market demands. Most schools of engineering, however, have not managed to deliver on this mission, as we can easily see by comparing the number calls for this mission with the number of effective institutional actions. This is in fact a great challenge that implies paradigm change and development of a new pedagogical project, as reported in several talks in engineering education congresses. Against this background, this dissertation investigates an extracurricular activity that can contribute to the development of some of the new competences required of engineers nowadays: The Career Management & Mentoring program developed since 2002 as a free service provided by Escola Politécnica (University of São Paulo) to senior students, newly graduated engineers and new professors. This extracurricular activity focuses on guiding and encouraging the students to reflect on and take attitude about such issues as employability, self-knowledge, competence development, vision of future, career project, job alternatives, and continued education. This sort of activity, still unusual in the engineering syllabuses in Brazil, can contribute significantly to the development of engineers with the profile required by several sections of society, including the job market. More specifically, this dissertation reports on three case studies involving educational experiments drawing on the above mentioned extracurricular activity and aims to answer the following research question: Which factors impact on the learning efficacy of extracurricular activities designed to prepare engineering students for a satisfactory transition from college to the professional world? Drawing on professional orientation theories and other related theoretical underpinnings as well as on a qualitative analysis of the three case studies, this study identifies several factors impacting on learning efficacy, herein gathered in the categories students, service structure, supporters, and environment. This thesis provides schools of engineering with a number of concepts, techniques, processes and learnt lessons that serve as reference for transversally introducing activities of this nature in related disciplines such as Introduction to Engineering, and Curricular Internship.
498

Formação complementar do aluno de engenharia: estudo exploratório para identificar fatores que impactam a eficácia da aprendizagem de competências para gestão de carreira. / Complementary education of engineering student: exploratory study to identify factors that impact the effectiveness of learning on competencies for career management.

Yonamine, Reinaldo Koei 07 February 2012 (has links)
A necessidade de ampliar a formação dos alunos de Engenharia visando também desenvolver novas competências não técnicas tem sido anunciada de forma enfática por vários segmentos da sociedade, como entidades de classe, órgãos governamentais, educadores, pesquisadores e pelos próprios egressos quando se deparam com o mercado de trabalho. Essa, contudo, não é uma missão trivial para as escolas de Engenharia basta comparar volume de declarações e apelos sobre a importância dessa missão com o volume de ações institucionais efetivas. Trata-se, na verdade, de um grande desafio que implica mudança de paradigma e do projeto pedagógico, conforme se pode observar nos diversos trabalhos apresentados em congressos de ensino de Engenharia. Tendo em vista esse contexto, esta tese tem como objeto de estudo uma atividade complementar que pode contribuir para o desenvolvimento de algumas das novas competências requeridas do engenheiro: o programa de Gestão de Carreira & Mentoring, desenvolvido, desde 2002, no âmbito da Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo como um serviço gratuito para formandos, egressos e novos docentes. Essa atividade complementar extracurricular serve de eixo a partir do qual se orienta e incentiva o aluno a refletir e agir em relação a questões como empregabilidade, autoconhecimento, desenvolvimento de competências, visão de futuro, projeto de carreira, alternativas de ocupações e educação continuada. Trabalho dessa natureza, pouco comum na grade curricular dos cursos de Engenharia no Brasil, pode contribuir significativamente para a formação do engenheiro com o perfil demandado pelas várias instâncias da sociedade, inclusive o mercado de trabalho. Para tal, a presente tese apresenta três estudos de casos com experimentos educacionais concernentes à referida atividade complementar e visa responder à seguinte pergunta de pesquisa: Que fatores impactam a eficácia de aprendizagem de atividades complementares desenvolvidas para preparar os alunos de engenharia para uma transição satisfatória para o mundo profissional?. Partindo de uma investigação teórica pautada nas teorias da Orientação Profissional e outras correntes teóricas e em uma análise qualitativa desses estudos de casos, identificaram-se três grupos de fatores, quais sejam: (1) fatores identificados empiricamente a partir dos estudos de casos; (2) Fatores teóricos baseados nas teorias da Orientação Profissional e (3) fatores teóricos baseados nas outras referências teóricas. Este estudo oferece às escolas de Engenharia um conjunto de conceitos, técnicas, processos e lições aprendidas que podem servir de referência para a incorporação dessas atividades, de forma transversal, em disciplinas afins (e.g. Introdução à Engenharia e Estágios). / Comprehensive engineering education aiming at the development of soft competences has been called for by several sections of society, including professional boards, governmental bodies, educators, researchers and newly graduated professionals facing unexpected work market demands. Most schools of engineering, however, have not managed to deliver on this mission, as we can easily see by comparing the number calls for this mission with the number of effective institutional actions. This is in fact a great challenge that implies paradigm change and development of a new pedagogical project, as reported in several talks in engineering education congresses. Against this background, this dissertation investigates an extracurricular activity that can contribute to the development of some of the new competences required of engineers nowadays: The Career Management & Mentoring program developed since 2002 as a free service provided by Escola Politécnica (University of São Paulo) to senior students, newly graduated engineers and new professors. This extracurricular activity focuses on guiding and encouraging the students to reflect on and take attitude about such issues as employability, self-knowledge, competence development, vision of future, career project, job alternatives, and continued education. This sort of activity, still unusual in the engineering syllabuses in Brazil, can contribute significantly to the development of engineers with the profile required by several sections of society, including the job market. More specifically, this dissertation reports on three case studies involving educational experiments drawing on the above mentioned extracurricular activity and aims to answer the following research question: Which factors impact on the learning efficacy of extracurricular activities designed to prepare engineering students for a satisfactory transition from college to the professional world? Drawing on professional orientation theories and other related theoretical underpinnings as well as on a qualitative analysis of the three case studies, this study identifies several factors impacting on learning efficacy, herein gathered in the categories students, service structure, supporters, and environment. This thesis provides schools of engineering with a number of concepts, techniques, processes and learnt lessons that serve as reference for transversally introducing activities of this nature in related disciplines such as Introduction to Engineering, and Curricular Internship.
499

Effective Research Mentoring Strategies for Pharmacy Students

Brown, Stacy D., Hagemeier, Nicholas E. 24 July 2016 (has links)
No description available.
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Cross-Age Peer Mentoring to Improve Sixth-Grade Student Reading

Belotti, Christina L. 01 January 2016 (has links)
In a middle school in the southern United States, administrators and teachers are concerned that approximately 40% of sixth-grade students are reading below grade level despite intervention programs. The purpose of this mixed-methods case study was to inquire whether a cross-age peer mentoring program would improve sixth-graders' reading achievement and motivation to read. The theoretical framework for the study was Vygotsky's constructivist theory, with a focus on scaffolding. Research questions focused on sixth-grade students' perception of their participation in a cross-age peer mentoring program and the effect of the program on reading achievement and motivation. Data were collected through pre- and post administrations of the Standardized Test for the Assessment of Reading (STAR) and the Motivation to Read Profile (MRP), observations during the mentoring sessions, and interviews with the 6 sixth-grade participants. STAR and MRP scores indicated that each sixth-grade participant demonstrated reading growth and an increase in motivation to read. Observations revealed positive interactions between the 6 mentors and mentees, and during the interviews, participants described the mentoring program as beneficial to reading growth. The findings from the study led to the development of a professional development project for teachers. The results of this study related to social change indicated that participation in a cross-age peer mentoring program may increase students' reading achievement and motivation to read. The professional development project for teachers and administrators is designed to assist educators in designing and implementing peer mentoring programs to improve reading achievement.

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