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The purpose of this article is twofold: first, to juxtapose the praxis of mentoring with its domination and, second, to examine the praxis of mentoring. The rationale of the inquiry is based on social reconstructivist principles, recognising that relational structures and human experiences are both productive and reproductive in nature and in effect. The inquiry has pedagogical implications for institutional practices in education and political implications for individual voluntary versus institutional organising. It is potentially counter-hegemonic against the discourse of globalisation inevitability. Overall, the paper investigates the development and socialisation of human agency in institutional and social associations in which the praxis of mentoring intervenes.

The Praxis of Mentoring: Power, Organising and Emancipation

Central Washington University, the United States of America

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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The purpose of this article is twofold: first, to juxtapose the praxis of mentoring with its domination and, second, to examine the praxis of mentoring. The...

The Praxis of Mentoring: Power, Organising and Emancipation

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Juli 2012

Seitenbereich: 39 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10099-012-0005-9

Schlüsselwörter
mentoring, praxis, teacher education, pedagogy, faculty organising

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The Praxis of Mentoring: Power, Organising and Emancipation

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Juli 2012

Seitenbereich: 39 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10099-012-0005-9

Schlüsselwörtermentoring, praxis, teacher education, pedagogy, faculty organising

This content is open access.

Schlüsselwörter
mentoring, praxis, teacher education, pedagogy, faculty organising