Peer-to-peer student mentoring program.
This case study for project SP14-4602 is based on the James Cook University (JCU) Student Mentor Program which commenced in 1991. Identified as one of the early leaders in peer-to-peer mentoring in the Australian higher education sector, in 2015 568 mentors supported 2179 mentees (incoming students)...
| Institution: | James Cook University |
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Australia. Dept of Education and Training (DET)
2018
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| Online dostop: | https://ltr.edu.au/resources/SP14-4602-Case-Report-JCU.pdf https://ltr.edu.au/resources/Casestudy-JCU.pdf |
| Izvleček: | This case study for project SP14-4602 is based on the James Cook University (JCU) Student Mentor Program which commenced in 1991. Identified as one of the early leaders in peer-to-peer mentoring in the Australian higher education sector, in 2015 568 mentors supported 2179 mentees (incoming students) in their first semester at JCU’s Australian campuses in Townsville and Cairns. At JCU mentoring is defined as 'the art of helping and empowering others to shape their learning behaviours'. Incoming students select their mentor at their course-based orientation session. Mentors continue to support their mentees through targeted emails at key milestones in the student lifecycle, although many mentors maintain face-to-face meetings with their mentees as required. The key findings emanating from this case study indicate that mentors support new students to negotiate the structural environment of the university by being good role models who foster academic success and support appropriate help-seeking behaviours. Mentors take on the role because they value the sense of belonging created either by feeling fully supported as a mentee and/or recognising and valuing the sense of community found as a mentor. They also want to ‘give back’ to the university. Findings from this case affirm the interactions identified in the Kahu model of student engagement (2014) by supporting Students (Structural Influences - student-background) through the Psychosocial Influences element, in particular those aspects identified under Student. The Student Engagement element is supported by data that demonstrates the Affect and Behaviour aspects. Experiences in the JCU Student Mentor Program lead to positive Proximal and Distal Consequences that were affirmed by both mentees and mentors. A summary of the case study is also available, published as: Peer support and advising enhance the student experience. |
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