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Barnett, Shirley; Te Wiata, Ina – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2017
This article is informed by a kaupapa Maori methodology and reports on a "by Maori for Maori" peer mentoring programme. The programme, offered by the College of Business at Massey University, focuses on Maori students who are studying at a distance. We outline the programme and the experiences and perceptions from kanohi ki te kanohi…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Distance Education, Mentors, Peer Teaching
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Peralta, Louisa; Cinelli, Renata; Bennie, Andrew – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2018
Sport-based mentoring programs have been used across many contexts to engage young people in education. In this research, we explored the influence that an Aboriginal controlled organisation's youth mentoring program has on three remote Aboriginal communities in Northern Territory, Australia. We used a composite set of culturally sensitive methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Rural Areas, Mentors
Rogers, John; Terriquez, Veronica – UCLA IDEA, 2013
This study examines the ways that participation in youth organizing groups while in high school impacts the educational and civic trajectories of young adults. The study, conducted by UCLA Professor John Rogers and USC Professor Veronica Terriquez, compares the experiences of former members of youth organizing groups to those of a randomly…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Civics, Young Adults, High School Students
Whiting, Carl Anthony – ProQuest LLC, 2010
How do cooperating teachers who engage in culturally relevant pedagogy approach the mentoring process, and how do their student-teachers respond to this mentorship? This study focuses on three such public school cooperating teachers, and explores the ways in which they train student teachers in their classrooms. A narrative describing each of…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education, Mentors, Cooperating Teachers
Trevino, Anna – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The population of Latino students is growing faster than any other ethnic group in U.S. public schools today; however, the number of Latino teachers throughout the nation has remained low. The Latino Educators of Tomorrow is a new and ambitious Latino educational career program designed to increase the number of Latino students entering teaching…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interviews, Hispanic Americans, Minority Group Teachers
Smith, Walter L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Precepting, coaching, and mentoring are teaching methods used extensively in nursing education in U.S. healthcare facilities. Filipino nurse immigrants have cultural backgrounds that may influence their experience with and perspectives of these learning interventions. Although Filipino nurse immigrants comprise approximately 0.2% of the population…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nurses, Nursing, Foreign Countries