Designing a complementary e-mentoring program for pre-service ELT teachers: online co-mentoring project

KAÇAR I. G., Baltacı H. Ş.

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, cilt.31, sa.3, ss.352-380, 2023 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/13611267.2023.2202473
  • Dergi Adı: Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.352-380
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: coaching, e-mentoring, Mentoring, online teacher learning, pre-service teacher education, professional development
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this qualitative study, we designed an online mentoring program to complement school-based mentoring to enrich the quality of existing mentoring experiences and explored the impact of this project on the professional development of 12 EFL pre-service teachers in an English-medium university in Turkey and six qualified English teachers. Pre-service teachers were assigned online co-mentors and asked to send them their lesson plans and teaching videos and several questions regarding their practicum, lesson plan preparation, delivery, assessment issues, as well as career-related concerns via e-mail to receive feedback. The data collected via semi-structured interviews before and after the project were analyzed through content analysis. The findings indicated a relatively high level of satisfaction among pre-service teachers regarding detailed feedback provision, the development of alternative viewpoints into teaching, enhanced teaching self-efficacy, reduced teaching anxiety, new insights into their career choices, and some challenges concerning the online nature of the study.