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Mentor : guiding the journey of adult learners / Laurent A. Daloz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daloz, Laurent A.
- Series:
- The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mentoring in education--United States.
- Mentoring in education.
- Adult education--United States.
- Adult education.
- Motivation in adult education--United States.
- Motivation in adult education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With a new introduction and afterword, this revised second edition is a practical, engaging exploration of mentoring and its power to transform learning. Filled with inspiring vignettes, Mentor shows how anyone who teaches can become a successful mentor to students. Topics covered include adult learning and development; the search for meaning as a motive for learning; education as a transformational journey; how adults change and develop; how learning changes the learner; barriers and incentives to learning and growth; and guiding adults through difficult transitions.
- Contents:
- Mentor : Guiding the Journey of Adult Learners; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the Original Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Author; Part One Adult Learning as Development; Chapter One First Shards : The Search for Meaning as a Motive for Learning; When the Thunder Comes; Running Low; Chapter Two Mentors, Myths, and Metamorphosis : Education as a Transformational Journey; Mentors; Stories; The Journey; The Deep and Savage Way; Virgil as Mentor; Into the Trenches; Chapter Three Maps of Transformation : How Adults Change and Develop; Through the Hourglass; Levinson
- Midlife and Liberal StudiesJoining the World; Kegan; Venturing Out; The Perry Scheme; Part Two Learning as a Transformative Journey; Chapter Four The Deep and Savage Way : The Unsettling First Steps of an Educational Journey; Searching for the Rock; Family Ties; Growing Doubt; Looking Ahead; Guiding Principles; Chapter Five The Dynamic of Transformation : How Learning Changes the Learner; Transformation: The Meaning of Growth; Learning to Swim; Dialectic: The Dynamic of Transformation; Beyond the Other Side; Chapter Six Returning Home : Helping Adults Integrate New Insights
- Somersaulting BackwardsThinking Something Makes It Real; Living on the Border; A Tender Power; Part Three Fostering Adult Learning; Chapter Seven The Ecology of Adult Learning : Barriers and Incentives to Learning and Growth; General Systems Theory; The Holding Environment; Seeing the Connections Among Things; Chapter Eight The Yoda Factor : Guiding Adults Through Difficult Transitions; Support; Providing Structure; Expressing Positive Expectations; Serving as Advocate; Sharing Ourselves; Making It Special; Challenge; Setting Tasks; Engaging in Discussion; Heating Up Dichotomies
- Constructing HypothesesSetting High Standards; Vision; Modeling; Keeping Tradition; Offering a Map; Suggesting New Language; Providing a Mirror; Chapter Nine The Art of the Mentor : Limits and Possibilities; Smoldering Questions; Education as Care; Why Mentors Matter; On Painting Naturally; Afterword : Mentorship and the Cultivation of Wisdom: An Invocation to Athena; Imagining Wisdom; Wisdom as Meaning-Making; Our Shared Humanity; Postconventional Thought; Ethical Intent; Swamp Territory; Interdependence; Notes; References; Appendix; Index; Copyright Page
- Notes:
- "This book is a second edition of Effective teaching and mentoring"--Verso t.p.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781118416686
- 1118416686
- 9781283644891
- 1283644894
- 9781118420058
- 1118420055
- OCLC:
- 812174469
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