Assignment 1: Journal Entry: Effective Mentoring through Dialogue and Teaching

Assignment 1: Journal Entry: Effective Mentoring through Dialogue and Teaching

Have you ever been mentored by someone who influenced the way you think today? Have you served as a mentor to other students?

In this assignment, you will discuss mentoring and teaching in a higher education institution.

Tasks:

Respond to the following:

    Using University online library resources or the Internet, research two models, principles, or approaches related to effective mentoring and teaching. Use a minimum of two peer-reviewed journals to conduct your research.

    Examples of mentoring approaches that you could use for this discussion are as follows: Whitmore's goal, reality, obstacles or options, and way forward (GROW) model; the skilled helper model; the inner game; nondirective coaching; coactive coaching; solution-focused coaching; and team coaching. Select an approach from what is provided or research your own.

    Be sure the focus of this research is on transformative change in higher education.

    Discuss the selected models in your response. On the basis of your reading, provide five to seven additional insights into mentoring in a higher education setting.

Please see grading criteria below:

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Evaluated two scholarly research sources to obtain information for this assignment. Used sources that were published within the past five years. Explained the specific models, approaches, or principles related to mentoring and teaching by paraphrasing or summarizing the information. Used direct quotes sparingly. Aligned the discussion to a higher education setting.

8

Provided five to seven additional insights from the readings. Made each insight a paragraph in length. Related these discussions to mentoring and teaching in a higher education setting.

8

Articulated key points in a clear, logical, and professional manner, with supporting evidence wherever required, and actively contributed to the discussion by providing points of view with rationales, challenging points of the discussion, or drawing relationships between points of the discussion.

4

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in the accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

4

Total:

24