New Directions in Mentoring Creating a Culture of Synergy

New Directions in Mentoring represents an experiment in a new kind of mentoring. The result of action research carried out by teachers, administrators, and professors operating a school-university collaborative, this edited collection offers narrative research accounts that build on theory from the inside out. Filled with experiences and terms that recognize a new pedagogy for professional growth, the book include the concepts of synergistic comentoring, partnership support groups, and communities of teacher-researchers. The premise of the book is that educational change needs to directly involve school professional in designing collaborative instructional/comentoring practices. A norm of equality and shared power requires tat teachers function as integrated team players and research-authors. A new model of learning is created where guided but flexible structures are used to unleash the creative capacity of the group. This powerful and compelling book offers insight into the development and reform of mentoring organizations, and covers areas such as lifelong mentoring, the effectiveness of synergy, and the creation of collaborative relationships and teams. Broader themes include mentorship of a new culture within the educational community; creation if different forms of partnership; and the development of new ways of mentoring current and future leaders.Mullen, Carol A. is the author of 'New Directions in Mentoring Creating a Culture of Synergy' with ISBN 9780750710107 and ISBN 0750710101.