Mentoring in Physical Education: Issues and Insights / Edition 1

by Mick Mawer

Overview

This book examines factors surrounding the partnership between school-based training and mentoring in Physical Education.
Contributors look at all angles of the collaboration between schools and higher education institutions, including:
How mentor training programs are planned and the issues involved
*Trainees' experiences of school-based training and mentoring
*The needs of PE mentors in schools
*A full explanation of mentoring
Drawing on recent findings and the views of physical education teachers in the UK, Australia and the USA, the editor combines a wealth of information on factors which influence mentorship and the effectiveness of school-based partnership schemes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750705646
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/22/1996
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1490L (what's this?)

About the Author

Mick Mawer

Table of Contents

Part 1 The context: partnerships in school-based training - the implications for physical education, Pat Shenton and Elizabeth Murdoch; what is mentoring? Michael Taylor and Joan Stephenson. Part 2 An insight into the trainee's perspective: changes in physical education students' anxieties and on school experience - a longitudinal study, Susan Capel; trainee's concerns, experiences and needs - implications for mentoring in physical education, Colin Hardy; an account of Laura's first term on a school-based PGCE course, Emma Tait; learning to teach physical education in the primary school, Mick Mawer; trainee's views of mentoring in physical education, Chai Kin Yau. Part 3 Issues concerning the role of the mentor: physical education mentors' needs, Ros Phillips, Ann-Marie Latham and Joanne Hudson; supporting the new generalist teacher in the teaching of physical education in the primary school, Mick Mawer; working together - roles and relationships in the mentoring process, Joanne Hudson and Ann-Marie Latham; pedagogical content knowledge and critical reflection in physical education, Tony Rossi. Part 4 An international perspective: mentoring in the Australian physical education teacher education context - lessons from cooking turkeys and tandoori chicken, Richard Tinning; mentoring within physical education teacher education in the USA - research trends and developments, Deborah Tannehill and Deborah Coffin.

Editorial Reviews

A guide for trainers of physical education teachers to planning and implementing a mentoring relationship with trainees. Explores issues of partnerships in school-based training and the place of mentoring within the training process; presents the trainee's perspectives, anxieties, concerns, experience, and training needs; and discusses the importance of professional knowledge and critical reflection in the process. Draws from research in primary and secondary schools in Britain, Australia, and the US. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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