What Is Meant By The Term Group Mentoring?. Issue 1 (1st January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kroll, Jonathan
• Is Part Of: Mentoring & tutoring. Volume 24:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 44
• Page End: 58
• Publication Date: 2016-01-01
• Subjects: group -- group mentoring -- mentorship -- peer group; Mentoring in education -- Periodicals; Tutors and tutoring -- Periodicals; 371.1460941
• DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2016.1165488
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-1267

Abstract

Abstract : Much like traditional dyadic mentoring experiences, group mentorship has been practiced since time immemorial. Benjamin Franklin, for example, as a young entrepreneur created the Leather Apron Club, a group mentoring experience for a select group of Philadelphia tradesmen. Since the late 1990s, when group mentoring became a serious focus of academic research, scholarship has focused primarily on the rationale for group mentoring and has explored the outcomes. As a community of scholars and practitioners, we have yet to fully explore or explain what we mean by group mentoring. In this article, I bring attention to, establish a foundation, and set appropriate parameters for group mentorship.