Student teachers consider cooperating teachers to be one of the most important contributors
to their teacher preparation program. Therefore, the ways in which cooperating teachers …

This review of the research literature focuses on the interconnectedness of the roles of
mentor teachers and pre-service teachers. In order to examine the interconnectedness of …

Preservice teacher education programs worldwide are increasingly becoming field based
with student teaching as the capstone experience for preservice teacher learning in the …

This study examines the extent to which the quality of mentoring and its frequency during the
first years of teaching influence teachers' professional competence and well-being. Analyses …

Successful peer mentoring in university settings is the result of relationships among
students, mentors, and instructors. Findings from this study indicate that even in programs …

A positive mentor–mentee relationship is essential for the mentee's development of teaching
practices. As mentors can hold the balance of power in the relationship with preservice …

Although teachers' professional identities have been the subject of extensive study, the field
still lacks knowledge about the development of a professional identity for mentor teachers …

This secondary analysis study focused on how interactions among preservice teachers'
pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) components developed throughout a 14-week CoRe …

Purpose Social constructivism in teacher education highlights the importance of social
interaction between preservice teachers (PTs) and their cooperating teachers (mentors) for …

Traditionally, classroom teachers have been asked to “cooperate” during student teaching,
providing advice to imitate and emotional support to meet immediate needs. Based on …