Reciprocity of a Mentor–Mentee Teacher Education Faculty Relationship

• In Event: 26.072 - Self-Study Utilizing Critical Friends

Abstract

Using self-study as a conceptual-analytical framework, two teacher educators discuss their evolving mentoring relationship. They chronicle their time-intensive personal-professional development experiences by engaging in a reflective and inquiry approach. They simultaneously examine existing structures and question existing practice of the institutional and departmental cultures. Their goal is to foster a collaborative culture wherein knowledge is shared, negotiated, and constructed within the cultural context of teacher education and teacher-researcher leadership.

Author

• Huong Tran Nguyen, California State University - Long Beach