Mentoring

Mentoring Activities

1-19-99: 14 ideas on what to do with a trusted peer were listed in the January 1999 issue of The Teaching Professor (13.1 [Jan.]:4-5). Here's a summary of selections--

Syllabus Review: With a partner, take a look at a few syllabi from courses you don't teach or even outside your discipline. Decide what image of the teacher and the course is projected via these syllabi. [Your conclusions may become guidelines for improving your own syllabi as documents that represent you and your course.]

Exchange Assignments: Review one or two of each other's assignments to state the apparent purpose of it and what assumptions regarding student learning are implicit in the task.

Great Teaching Books: Read the same book about teaching and talk over your reactions. For instance--

	The Courage to Teach by Peter Parker (1998, Jossey-Bass) on what teachers think and how they grow through their profession
	Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher by Stephen Brookfield (1995, Jossey-Bass) will get you thinking about your profession and your practices.
	Lives on the Boundary by Mike Rose is about "diverse" students and their struggles to adapt to college learning.

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