The purpose of the study is to find the mentoring relationship characterisctics, qualitative features of the relationship, the roles of mentors in the relationships, and the styles of approach to the child. Mentors´ dilemmas in the relationship are also analyzed. Finally, the comparison of two different mentoring programs´ settings is done. The qualitative semi structured interviews were used as a method. Interviews were conducted in Sweden and in the Czech republic with 9 mentors from three mentoring programs and with the 3 coordinators of the programs. The perspective of the mediated learning experience (MLE) was used for the analysis of the relationship qualitative features. Firstly, I found out that the emotional bond in the relationship play the key important mediating role in the development of the other qualitative features. The presence of mentors´ involvement was found as a first necessary condition for establishing the emotional bond between mentee and mentor. The connectedness was the first characteristical feature of the beginning of involvement. Connectedness was found as possibly beneficial level of quality, based on the presence of the involvement. Secondly, the role of guide and counselor and the feeling of closeness and trust, relaxed atmosphere in the relationship, the mutual enjoyment, based on the mentors´ motivation and satisfaction was found as a second qualitative condition – the motivation of mentor for mediation of meaning. Thirdly, mentors´ approach to the child was found as qualitative, if it was the commited, respectfull, mutually cooperative, explaining and discussing approach in communication, based on the involvement. In that cases the third qualitative feature was fulfilled – transcendence of meaning. The child-oriented approach was found as most efficient according to MLE…
Contents
1 INTRODUCTION
2 AIMS AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS
3 HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF MENTORING
3.1 DEFINITION OF TERMS
3.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF MENTORING PROGRAMS
3.3 SITUATION IN THE POST-MODERN SOCIETY AND THE NEED OF MENTORING INTERVENTION
4 EARLIER RESEARCH ON THE FIELD OF MENTORING
4.1 ROLES AND TYPES OF APPROACH OF THE MENTORS
4.2 EARLIER RESEARCH OF THE MENTORING RELATIONSHIP
4.2.1 ROLES AND TYPES OF APPROACH OF THE MENTORS
4.2.2 DEVELOPMENT OF THE MENTORING RELATIONSHIP
4.2.3 QUALITATIVE FEATURES OF THE MENTORING RELATIONSHIP
5 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: MENTOR IN THE ROLE OF THE MEDIATOR AND SIGNIFICANT ADULT
5.1 SOCIALIZATION AND THE ROLE OF SIGNIFICANT ADULTS
5.2 MEDIATED LEARNING EXPERIENCE: WHEN MENTOR BECOMES A SIGNIFICANT ADULT
5.2.1 THE ATTRIBUTES OF QUALITY IN THE CONCEPT OF MLE
6 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND METHODS
6.1 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
6.2 SAMPLE METHOD
6.3 RESEARCH METHOD
6.3.1 SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW
6.3.2 INTERVIEW CONDUCTION
6.4 DATA ANALYSIS METHOD
6.5 GENERALIZABILITY
6.6 VALIDITY
6.7 RELIABILITY
6.8 ETHICAL CONSIDERATION
6.9 LIMITATIONS AND PROBLEMS OF THE RESEARCH METHOD
6.9.1 POSITION OF CITIZEN X FOREIGNER
6.9.2 PROGRAMS´ INSIDE X OUTSIDE POSITION Mentors as mediators and significant adults
6.9.3 PROBLEMS WITH LANGUAGE
6.9.4 INTERVIEWER BIAS AND MENTORS´ SUBJECTIVE POSITION
7 FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS
7.1 COMPARING THE CZECH AND SWEDISH MENTORING PROGRAMS
7.2 ANALYSIS OF THE APPROACH OF MENTOR TO THE CHILD
7.2.1 CHILD-ORIENTED APPROACH
7.2.2 RECIPROCAL APPROACH
7.2.3 AUTHORITATIVE APPROACH
7.2.4 INTENTIONAL APPROACH
7.2.5 CONCLUSION
7.3 ANALYSIS OF THE MENTORS´ ROLES IN THE RELATIONSHIP
7.3.1 EXPERIENCED FRIEND
7.3.2 GUIDE
7.3.3 EXPERIENCED FRIENDLY ADULT
7.3.4 COUNSELOR
7.3.5 ROLE MODEL
7.3.6 CHILD MINDER
7.3.7 PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKER
7.3.8 A SIGNIFICANT ADULT
7.3.9 CONCLUSION
7.4 ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP FEATURES
7.4.1 MUTUALITY
7.4.2 CONNECTEDNESS
7.4.3 CLOSENESS
7.4.4 EMPATHY
7.4.5 OPENNESS
7.4.6 INVOLVEMENT
7.4.7 TRUST
7.5 ANALYSIS OF THE PERSONAL DILEMMAS
7.5.1 PROFESSION X MISSION
7.5.2 SOCIAL CONTROLER X NATURAL AUTHORITY
7.5.3 CLOSENESS X INTIMITY
7.5.4 INVOLVEMENT X DISAPPOINTMENT
7.5.5 CHILD-ORIENTED APPROACH X RECIPROCAL APPROACH
7.5.6 FRIENDSHIP X NATURAL MENTORSHIP
7.5.7 COMPANIONSHIP X PROFESSIONALITY
7.5.8 NATURAL AUTHORITY X SOCIAL CONTROL
7.5.9 ROLE OF MENTOR X ROLE OF MENTEE
8 CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION:
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Author: Brumovská, Tereza
Source: Goteborg University
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