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Mentors as Fellow Travelers

Mentors as Fellow Travelers for travelers, faculty developers A junior faculty member arrives xYa t an unfamiliar university at CSUDH facilitated a mentoring for a new teaching assignment. She program. There are a number of is poised for the adventure, but feels reasons why faculty developers like a traveler at the edge of long, instituted faculty-mentoring-faculty unknown road. She does not know programs. For example, mentoring what obstacles or vistas may appear has been demonstrated to help faculty on the road, and wants to avoid major members gain perspective and clarity potholes. She takes a nervous look about their own career paths (Hobson, around and finds an experienced Ashby, Malderez & Tomlinson, 2009). traveler nearby at the beginning of A primary motivation was an interest in the development and retention the road. The fellow traveler is a more of human assets contributing to the senior faculty member who has gone farther up the road already and come performance of the university. The back to share valuable experience benefits to the university include: with newcomers. Together the junior 1. Increased productivity and and senior travelers set off on their organizational stability adventure. Their journey illustrates 2. Increased socialization and how faculty developers at one http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Mentors as Fellow Travelers

Ambrosino, Roberta
Adult Learning , Volume 20 (1-2): 4 – Jan 1, 2009
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SAGE
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© 2009 American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
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1045-1595
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2162-4070
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10.1177/104515950902000107
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for travelers, faculty developers A junior faculty member arrives xYa t an unfamiliar university at CSUDH facilitated a mentoring for a new teaching assignment. She program. There are a number of is poised for the adventure, but feels reasons why faculty developers like a traveler at the edge of long, instituted faculty-mentoring-faculty unknown road. She does not know programs. For example, mentoring what obstacles or vistas may appear has been demonstrated to help faculty on the road, and wants to avoid major members gain perspective and clarity potholes. She takes a nervous look about their own career paths (Hobson, around and finds an experienced Ashby, Malderez & Tomlinson, 2009). traveler nearby at the beginning of A primary motivation was an interest in the development and retention the road. The fellow traveler is a more of human assets contributing to the senior faculty member who has gone farther up the road already and come performance of the university. The back to share valuable experience benefits to the university include: with newcomers. Together the junior 1. Increased productivity and and senior travelers set off on their organizational stability adventure. Their journey illustrates 2. Increased socialization and how faculty developers at one

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Adult Learning – SAGE

Published: Jan 1, 2009

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