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Mentoring Students and Young Peoplereviewed by Frances Kochan - 2003 Title: Mentoring Students and Young People Author(s): Andrew Miller Publisher: Stylus Publishing, Sterling, VA ISBN: 0749435437, Pages: 299, Year: 2002 Search for book at Amazon.com The topic of mentoring is gaining a widespread audience across
many settings including education, business, government, and the
health professions (Mullen, and Lick, 1999). Mentoring programs are
being established between and among people of all ages and for a
wide variety of purposes, making information about how to create,
maintain, and assess successful programs in high demand (Evans,
2000).
Andrew Miller’s book, Mentoring students and young
people will help fill that demand for many groups,
organizations, and individuals. Miller describes the book’s
purpose as serving as “a guide to current practice in a
rapidly developing field” (p. iv). It is not only a guide but
also an excellent overall resource on the topic from a global
perspective. The text is organized into four sections
The first section contains an excellent description of the
concept of mentoring, including its historical roots, definitions,
behaviors, aims and objectives, program classifications, and the
issues that require further research and discussion. It also
includes a case study of a mentoring program developed... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Frances Kochan
Auburn University E-mail Author FRANCES KOCHAN is a Professor of Educational Leadership and Interim Dean of the College of Education at Auburn University, Alabama. Her research interests include collaboration at the individual level through mentoring, at the organizational level through partnerships, and through the implementation of democratic leadership models. She has authored over 50 articles dealing with these topics in journals such as The Journal of School Leadership, Teacher Education, and The Educational Forum. She is editor of a book series on mentoring published by Information Age Press. She recently edited the first book in this series, The Organizational and Human Dimensions of Successful Mentoring Programs and Relationships. Her next edited volume due out in the spring of 2003, is Mentoring from an International Perspective.
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