Mentoring students & young people : a handbook of effective practice / Andrew Miller.

By:

Miller, Andrew, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2002.Description: xvii, 299 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

0749435437 (pbk.)
9780749435431 (pbk.)

Other title:

Mentoring students and young people

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

371.102 MIL

Contents:

The context of mentoring -- The concept of mentoring -- Business mentoring -- Community mentoring : intergenerational programmes -- Minority ethnic mentoring -- Mentoring for students \'at risk\' of exclusion -- Peer mentoring -- Telementoring -- Higher education student mentoring in schools -- Planning and managing mentoring programmes for young people -- Focus on mentors -- Mentoring processes -- Evaluation and quality -- The future of mentoring for students and young people.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	371.102 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100441220

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Mentoring is used in a wide range of situations in education: to assist learning; to help weaker students or those with specific learning needs or difficulties; to develop community or business links; to aid the inclusion of pupils otherwise at risk of exclusion; to develop ethnic links; to enable students to benefit from the support of their peers, to name but a few.
The development and proliferation of mentoring and mentoring schemes in education over the last few years has been dramatic, and presents teachers, school managers and leaders, as well as mentors themselves with a challenge. This book presents all mentors plus anyone working with young people with an invaluable guide to approaches to mentoring today. It looks at mentoring as a concept, at what mentoring is, how it is done well and how it can be made more effective.
Written by a leading expert on mentoring, this practical and relevant handbook is backed up throughout by inspiring and relevant case studies and examples from schools and schemes internationally.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-292) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

List of case studies (p. viii)
List of figures (p. ix)
List of tables (p. x)
List of abbreviations (p. xi)
Ages and stages of education in the US, Canada, UK and Australia (p. xii)
Preface (p. xiv)
Part I Understanding Mentoring
1 The context of mentoring (p. 3)
Introduction (p. 3)
Origin of modern mentoring programmes (p. 3)
The United States (p. 5)
Canada (p. 8)
Case study (p. 8)
Israel (p. 9)
Australia (p. 10)
Mainland Europe (p. 11)
Development of mentoring in the UK (p. 12)
Case study (p. 18)
Conclusions (p. 20)
2 The concept of mentoring (p. 23)
Introduction (p. 23)
History of the concept (p. 24)
Natural mentoring (p. 25)
Definitions of planned mentoring (p. 26)
Mentoring and helping behaviours (p. 31)
Aims and objectives (p. 33)
Aims for mentors (p. 38)
Classification of mentoring programmes (p. 39)
Issues (p. 43)
Mentoring and learning (p. 46)
Part II The forms of Mentoring
3 Business mentoring (p. 53)
Introduction (p. 53)
The extent of business mentoring in the United Kingdom (p. 53)
Aims and objectives (p. 54)
One-company versus multi-company schemes (p. 54)
Role of the company coordinator (p. 56)
Business aims and benefits (p. 56)
Case studies (p. 59)
Research and evaluation evidence (p. 64)
Issues (p. 67)
Setting up a business mentoring scheme (p. 70)
Future trends (p. 72)
4 Community mentoring: intergenerational programmes (p. 73)
Introduction (p. 73)
Aims and objectives (p. 74)
Case studies (p. 75)
Research and evaluation evidence (p. 79)
Issues (p. 82)
Setting up intergenerational mentoring programmes (p. 83)
Future trends (p. 85)
5 Minority ethnic mentoring (p. 86)
Introduction (p. 86)
Aims and objectives (p. 87)
Case studies (p. 88)
Research and evaluation evidence (p. 95)
Issues (p. 97)
Setting up a minority ethnic mentoring programme (p. 100)
Future trends (p. 102)
6 Mentoring for students 'at risk' of exclusion (p. 103)
Introduction (p. 103)
At-risk students (p. 104)
Exclusion from school (p. 104)
Mentoring for young offenders (p. 105)
Aims and objectives (p. 106)
Case studies (p. 107)
Research and evaluation evidence (p. 113)
Issues (p. 115)
Setting up at-risk mentoring schemes (p. 117)
Future trends (p. 119)
7 Peer mentoring (p. 120)
Introduction (p. 120)
Types of peer mentoring (p. 121)
Aims and objectives (p. 122)
Benefits (p. 123)
Case studies (p. 124)
Research and evaluation evidence (p. 127)
Issues (p. 129)
Setting up a peer mentoring scheme (p. 130)
Future trends (p. 132)
8 Telementoring (p. 133)
Introduction (p. 133)
Aims and objectives (p. 136)
Telementoring versus traditional mentoring (p. 136)
Case studies (p. 138)
Research and evaluation evidence (p. 141)
Issues (p. 142)
Setting up a telementoring programme (p. 144)
Future trends (p. 146)
9 Higher education student mentoring in schools (p. 148)
Introduction (p. 148)
US college-school mentoring (p. 149)
GEAR UP (p. 150)
UK university and college volunteering (p. 150)
Aims and objectives (p. 151)
Key skills (p. 151)
Case studies (p. 152)
Research and evaluation evidence (p. 157)
Issues (p. 159)
Setting up a higher education schools mentoring programme (p. 162)
Future trends (p. 163)
Part III Guide to Effective Mentoring
10 Planning and managing mentoring programmes for young people (p. 167)
Introduction (p. 167)
A model mentoring programme (p. 168)
Preplanning (p. 169)
First steps (p. 169)
Objectives and forms of mentoring (p. 173)
Mentoring documentation (p. 173)
Information for mentors (p. 175)
Roles and responsibilities (p. 176)
Resourcing (p. 179)
Whole-school approaches (p. 181)
Case study (p. 182)
Leadership and management of staff (p. 184)
Planning and managing a mentoring programme for young people (p. 185)
Future trends (p. 187)
11 Focus on mentors (p. 188)
Introduction (p. 188)
Mentor aims (p. 188)
Mentor characteristics (p. 189)
Mentors and emotional intelligence (p. 191)
Recruitment (p. 194)
Mentor Point (p. 199)
Selection (p. 200)
Training (p. 201)
Codes of practice (p. 205)
Support and supervision (p. 207)
Accreditation (p. 208)
Case studies (p. 209)
Summary of good practice points (p. 210)
Future trends (p. 212)
12 Mentoring processes (p. 213)
Introduction (p. 213)
Mentee selection (p. 213)
Mentee preparation (p. 214)
Matching (p. 216)
Gender issues (p. 217)
Meeting parameters (p. 218)
The mentoring relationship (p. 220)
Other activities (p. 221)
Stages of the mentoring relationship (p. 222)
Learning mentors in action (p. 225)
Experiential learning (p. 226)
Contracting (p. 228)
The role of parents (p. 229)
Relationship problems (p. 231)
Endings (p. 232)
Summary of good practice points (p. 234)
Future trends (p. 235)
13 Evaluation and quality (p. 237)
Introduction (p. 237)
The language of programme measurement (p. 237)
Measuring performance in the voluntary sector (p. 238)
'Grey' evaluation (p. 239)
Evaluation and related concepts (p. 240)
Case study (p. 246)
Developing an evaluation strategy (p. 247)
A model for external evaluation (p. 248)
Empowerment evlauation (p. 250)
Programme versus systems evaluation (p. 251)
Quality standards (p. 252)
Quality assurance (p. 255)
Summary of good practice points (p. 258)
Future trends (p. 259)
Part IV Conclusion
14 The future of mentoring for students and young people (p. 263)
Case study (p. 263)
Benefits (p. 265)
Towards a mentoring culture (p. 267)
Glossary of mentoring terms (p. 270)
Web guide (p. 275)
References (p. 278)
Index (p. 293)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Andrew Miller is Senior Education Adviser with the United Kingdom's Learning and Skills Council and he coordinates the National Mentoring Network in London. He is an Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick's Centre for Education and Industry and Visiting Professor at Middlesex University, supporting various mentoring courses. He was an Education Adviser on mentoring and education business links for five years to the UK Government Department for Education and Skills and the National Mentoring Network.