Educative mentoring: a way forward

International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 240-254

  Langdon, Frances ^a   Ward, Lorrae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b CYPERUS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Inquiry; Inquiry learning; Mentor curriculum; Mentoring; Mentoring in education; Professional development and mentoring; Professional learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958776945     PISSN: 20466854     EISSN: 20466862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJMCE-03-2015-0006     Document Type: Article

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