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Effect of mentoring on the teaching skills of b.ed level students during teaching practice
(Common Ground, 2010) Abida Khalid; Farah Naz; Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah; Farhat Munir
Teachers development is considered very important for the teaching- learning process in education. To enhance the learning opportunities mentoring is considered an effective tool now days. It is one of the most important ways to improve the quality of teaching. This research was conducted to see the perspective of prospective teachers (mentees) and mentors about the effect of mentoring on classroom practices. The study was conducted in one of the campus of University of Education at Pakistan. An experimental study was designed, implemented and evaluated in a year. Fifty prospective teachers and 12 senior faculty mentors were involved in the program. Fifty prospective teachers were taken in the control group and 50 prospective teachers were taken in the experimental group. This study was basically conducted to determine the improvement in teaching skills of mentees after providing a complete session of training and the research supported that mentoring contributes a lot in enhancing the teaching skills of teachers and indicated clearly that mentoring has a positive effect on classroom practices.