Ferudun SEZGİN, Emre SÖNMEZ, Mehtap NAİLLİOĞLU

Mentoring-Based Learning Culture at Schools: Learning from School Administrator Mentoring

Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
Başlangıç: 2016
Yayıncı: Eğitim Yöneticileri ve Eğitim Denetçileri Derneği

The purpose of this study is to examine the mentoring roles and behaviors of school administrators in the context of developing a learning culture in schools comprehensively and holistically. The study was designed as a phenomenological study and we utilized the interview as the data collection technique. A total number of 10 school administrators working at the public schools in Turkey participated in the study. Results revealed that mentoring is an essential component in the process of creating and maintaining an effective and collaborative learning culture. The findings of the research were discussed in the context of mentoring and learning culture with the theme of administrators’ competence areas, perspective and contribution on learning and development, professional learning activities, mentoring roles, learning barriers, self-assessment, and benefits of mentoring.

Keywords:

School administrator, Mentoring Learning culture, Mentoringbased learning culture, Qualitative research,

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