Engaging Students through Possibilities: Longitudinal Mentoring at McCall Middle School
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A research team of graduate students met weekly with 7th and 8th grade students at a Philadelphia middle school conducting group mentoring sessions using a 5-step possibility process. Mentors studied student progress and their own practice through observation notes, research memos, group debriefing, and analysis sessions. Findings indicate that mentors: (1) engaged in a process of reciprocal transformation with their students, (2) took diverse pathways and used various scaffolds to engage their students in possibility development work, and (3) utilized the weekly support sessions to develop essential skills, share their experiences, and receive support for various problems of practice.
A research team of graduate students met weekly with 7th and 8th grade students at a Philadelphia middle school conducting group mentoring sessions using a 5-step possibility process. Mentors studied student progress and their own practice through observation notes, research memos, group debriefing, and analysis sessions. Findings indicate that mentors: (1) engaged in a process of reciprocal transformation with their students, (2) took diverse pathways and used various scaffolds to engage their students in possibility development work, and (3) utilized the weekly support sessions to develop essential skills, share their experiences, and receive support for various problems of practice.
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