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King, Natalie S.; Upadhyay, Bhaskar – Science Education, 2022
In this essay, we share historical and structural components of mentoring within institutions of higher education and grapple with technical and moral obligations of support. We argue for more humanizing approaches that embed personal, social, and cultural aspects of mentoring, and seek to disrupt the purposes of mentoring, and for whom? Using a…
Descriptors: Mentors, Higher Education, Cultural Influences, Social Influences
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Hilts, Alexis; Part, Rachel; Bernacki, Matthew L. – Science Education, 2018
Students' perceptions of competence and relatedness are known to influence learning processes and achievement, and may have particular import for underrepresented science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learners. Sources of social support that contribute to undergraduate life science learners' perceived competence and relatedness…
Descriptors: Social Influences, STEM Education, Science Achievement, Academic Persistence