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Direct linkWang, Jian; Strong, Michael; Odell, Sandra J. – Teachers College Record, 2004
Mentor-novice collaborative reflection about teaching is crucial to the development of novices' professional knowledge. However, few studies examine content and forms of mentor-novice conversations and opportunities that such interactions create for developing professional knowledge. Drawing on observation data from two U.S. and two Chinese…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Teacher Orientation
Peer reviewedWang, Jian; Paine, Lynn W. – Elementary School Journal, 2001
Analyzed the collaboration of a first-grade novice teacher and her mentor teacher while the novice learned to teach mathematics in China. Found that the mentor contributed to novice teacher's progress by implementing a clear, consistent focus; modeling, analyzing, and reflecting on mathematics teachers; and defining and refining the zones of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedWang, Jian – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2001
Uses data from American, British, and Chinese mentor teachers to explore the relationship between mentoring contexts and mentoring practice. Three instructional contexts shaped differences across programs and countries: structure of school curriculum and assessment, organization of teaching and mentoring, and student population. Mentors'…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
