ERIC Number: EJ1301120
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Apr
Pages: 17
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ISSN: EISSN-1552-9045
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Fostering Development in Honors Student Peer Mentors: Mentoring's Effects on Leadership Outcomes
Fine, Leigh E.
Journal of Leadership Education, v20 n2 p63-79 Apr 2021
Undergraduate peer mentorship has the potential to transform mentor and mentee alike. In an effort to understand the potential positive effects of a peer mentorship program on honors peer mentors, paired sample t-tests of data from a pre-test/post-test of at least 69 honors first-year seminar facilitators shows that respondents grew in their leadership efficacy and teaching efficacy. Mentors also show modest gains in their sense of belonging to the honors program. Qualitative analysis of assessment discursive data further indicates that the yearlong facilitation experience is a mechanism for mentors' growth. Results indicate that being a peer mentor is a powerful means of fostering student development across multiple dimensions, including leadership efficacy, while meeting the goals outlined by a transformative honors educational experience.
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Honors Curriculum, Academically Gifted, Peer Relationship, Mentors, Undergraduate Students, First Year Seminars, Leadership Effectiveness, Instructional Effectiveness, Pretests Posttests
Association of Leadership Educators. e-mail: Jole@aged.tamu.edu; Web site: http://leadershipeducators.org/page-1014283
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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