Peer mentoring in engineering: (un)shared experience of undergraduate peer mentors and mentees. Issue 4 (8th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lim, Jae Hoon; MacLeod, Bailey P.; Tkacik, Peter T.; Dika, Sandra L.
• Is Part Of: Mentoring & tutoring. Volume 25:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 395
• Page End: 416
• Publication Date: 2017-08-08
• Subjects: Peer mentoring -- engineering student -- community of practice; Mentoring in education -- Periodicals; Tutors and tutoring -- Periodicals; 371.1460941
• DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2017.1403628
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-1267

Abstract

Abstract: In this qualitative study, we explored the experiences of 26 engineering student mentors and mentees in a peer mentoring program. We found that mentors and mentees exploited the mentoring program's fluid structure and situated social relationships to enact a specific type of academic/professional goal and identity conducive to their entry to one of two communities of practice, the on-campus engineering program community and the community of professional engineers. The mentoring program functioned as a social space in which identities of these students converged and diverged, creating a subtle tension and self-reflection in relation to the two different communities of practice that they pursued.