Author: Orland-Barak, Lily

Source: Journal of Curriculum Studies, Volume 34, Number 4, 1 July 2002 , pp. 451-468(18)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

This qualitative study examines mentors' interpretations of their practice as revealed through writing and discussing their cases in a university postgraduate course in Israel. The data were examined for emergent features of the practice of in-service mentoring in the Jewish and Arab sectors within the Israeli school system. Content analysis of the cases and of the discussions that followed their presentation in class revealed a unique 'discourse of mentoring' or 'language of practice' that reflected mentors' concerns over issues of accountability and boundaries of roles in their practice. From a programmatic perspective, the study reveals that a university teacher-education course based on case-method pedagogy constitutes a safe and challenging context for mentors to voice dilemmas inherent in their field experiences that are often silenced by the system.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220270110091140

Publication date: 2002-07-01

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