Mentoring is increasingly recognised as an important strategy in the professional development of teachers and other educational practitioners. This subject looks at the differing modes of mentoring and other workplace professional development strategies which can be fitted to purpose and the conditions and principles that enable both mentoring and being mentored to be a positive contribution to professional growth. The subject takes a practical approach to mentoring and engages students in reflecting on mentoring programs they have been part of, or have researched.
HD/FL
One session
School of Education
This subject is not available to students who have completed EEL406 or EEL500.
EEL406, EEL500
A framework for workplace professional development
- Background
- Formal and informal PD in VET
- Examples of workplace PD in VET
Experiential learning in the workplace
- Learning from experience
- Key characteristics of experiential learning
- Strategies to enhance experiential learning
Case studies of PD in workplaces
- Case study structure
- Evaluation of case studies
- Mentoring
- Executive coaching
- Shadowing
- Team building
Individual development
- Assessing needs and goals
- Collaborative planning
- Reflexive support
- Collegial support
- Strengths and weaknesses of workplace professional development
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The information contained in the 2018 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: August 2018. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.