1st Edition

Mentoring in Physical Education Issues and Insights

Edited By Mick Mawer Copyright 1996
    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    254 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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.

    Biography

    Mick Mawer