Formal teacher-pupil mentoring in Irish second-level education: ‘The Blackwater Experience’

This study analysed the 2009/10 formal teacher-pupil mentoring scheme at Blackwater Community School (BCS), Lismore, Co. Waterford in the Republic of Ireland. Twenty three teachers voluntarily mentored 220 pupils sitting state examinations as part of the scheme, which was monitored by two mentoring...

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Published in:	International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
Main Author:	David King
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Brookes University 2012-02-01
Subjects:	Mentoring formal mentoring programmes teacher- pupil mentorships education
Online Access:	https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/0ffe04f2-5bcd-48ac-b09c-c1f6a4b8111d/1/vol10issue1-paper-07.pdf

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