units

EDF3810

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 24 November 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Education
OfferedClayton First semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Richard Smith

Synopsis

In this unit we consider why mentoring has been taken up so widely, and for what purposes. We also consider the different forms it takes in different places, with a focus on mentoring in workplaces. The unit will provide students with skills and knowledge to enable them to design a mentoring initiative. It also offers students an opportunity to critically evaluate the claims of mentoring and to consider its merits in relation to other approaches to promoting learning in the workplace.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, participants should have:

  1. An appreciation of different types of mentoring
  2. An understanding of the steps involved in setting up a small workplace mentoring scheme
  3. An awareness of issues involved in introducing mentoring
  4. Basic skills in designing, coordinating and evaluating a mentoring program.

Assessment

There are 2 assessment tasks for the unit:
1. an annotated bibliography (objs. 1,2,3); and 2. a mentoring action plan (obj. 4).

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Richard Smith

Contact hours

18 contact hours and 6 hours of online activity per semester plus an average of 10 hours per week in self-directed study