Mentoring through reflective journal writing: A qualitative study by a mentor/professor and two international graduate students

Reflective Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-367

  Stevens, Dannelle D ^a   Emil, Serap ^a   Yamashita, Miki ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Foreign graduate students; Journal keeping; Mentoring; Participatory action research; Reflective writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960263061     PISSN: 14623943     EISSN: 14701103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2010.490069     Document Type: Article

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