How different mentoring approaches affect beginning teachers' development in the first years of practice

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-177

  Richter, Dirk ^a,b   Kunter, Mareike ^a,c   Lüdtke, Oliver ^a,b   Klusmann, Uta ^a,d   Anders, Yvonne ^a,e   Baumert, Jürgen ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beginning teacher induction; Cooperating teacher; Induction support; Mentor; Mentor support; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883710663     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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