Although mentoring occupies a paramount role in higher education and
is part of a faculty’s expected duties, nowadays increasingly so, it
is not an area to which graduate schools pay close attention. There is
no formalized training and faculty and graduate students alike are
expected to know how to mentor effectively once they graduate or start
a new teaching or administrative position. This book tackles two
interrelated issues: the role and importance of mentoring in the
communication discipline as well as critical/cultural studies and
using critical communication to illuminate the ways in which students
and junior faculty among others are mentored in higher education. The
authors of these chapters present a position or an issue in regards to
mentoring students and faculty or the lack of it in higher education.
Their goal is to generate a scholarly discussion by utilizing
qualitative and narrative-based research approaches and critical and
cultural perspectives to promote awareness about the importance of
mentoring. Additionally, the authors highlight some of the important
issues in mentoring as a form of critical communication pedagogy and
present some guidelines, ideas, and examples to mentor more
effectively. This edited book will be helpful for various audiences.
First, it will provide guidance for graduate students, junior and
senior faculty members who are asked to mentor others at various
stages of their academic careers. Second, it will help students and
faculty who are currently trying to identify and work with mentors.
And third, it gives ideas on what to do and not to do in successful
mentor-mentee relationships.
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Theories and Practices
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781433162732
Publisert
2021
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Peter Lang
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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