Perspectives of post graduate certificate in education (PGCE) students on the effectiveness of school based mentoring

dc.contributor.authorBaartman, Nomakhaya
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T08:09:32Z
dc.date.available2016-09-20T08:09:32Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractEffective mentoring is essential for the development of student-teachers. A sequential explanatory mixed method study was conducted in order to analyse the perspectives of Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) students on the effectiveness of school based mentoring. Thirty-six (36) PGCE students from a higher education institution in the Eastern Cape participated in this study. Firstly, quantitative questionnaires were used to gather data from all the participants followed by qualitative semi–structured interviews from a purposive sample of five (5) participants in order to enrich the study. This study analysed PGCE students’ perspectives of mentor teacher practices. In doing so the study evoked Hudson and Peards’ Five Factor Mentoring Model. This model includes Personal Attributes, Systems Requirements, Pedagogical Knowledge, Modelling and Feedback. From the findings, PGCE students reported that Teaching Practice (TP) is a stressful period full of anxieties, excitement and fears, hence they need to be guided and supported by knowledgeable and specialist teachers (mentors). Mentors play a significant role in supporting and guiding student-teachers during TP. From the analysis of PGCE students’ perspectives, the research suggested that those who were supported and guided by their mentors experienced positive mentoring during TP. Those who experienced negative mentoring reported limited time for mentoring and unavailability of the mentors as the causes. They further expressed that they wished mentors were understanding, good models who treated them as teacher candidates not as students and gave them constructive feedback. Finally, they indicated that the partnership between host schools and the university needs to be improved.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/524
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen_ZA
dc.subjectTeaching Practice, mentor, PGCE student-teacher, teaching practice experience, perspectiveen_ZA
dc.titlePerspectives of post graduate certificate in education (PGCE) students on the effectiveness of school based mentoringen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA

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