Challenges Faced by Mentors and Mentees in Teacher Education in Zimbabwe
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Mentoring has remained crucial in the development of human capital in different fields, which include commerce, industry and education among others. Like other fields, education has adopted the mentoring approach in the training of teachers. This paper examines the characteristics of mentoring in education. It identifies and discusses the different models of mentoring in education. The 2-5-2 model, which is used in teachers colleges in Zimbabwe is analysed in detail in order to identify the challenges that are associated with its implementation. Among other challenges, the major challenges faced by mentors and mentees are related to ethical issues, lack of training of mentors and school heads, personal differences between the mentor and the mentee, the selection process and limited resources. The paper concludes by making recommendations that there should be a collective effort to address the challenges affecting this model of mentoring for the model to be in line with the demands of modern education.
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Dr. Wellington Samkange
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