How successful will you be in guiding a new teacher’s professional development? While your success will be influenced by how you and your mentee conceptualize teaching, learning, and the nature of science, research indicates that your success is also highly dependent on how you and your mentee conceptualize mentoring itself. This article describes how conceptions of mentoring help shape interactions between new science teachers and their mentors.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2008Stock # tst08_075_05_43Volume 075Issue 05

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