Scenarios of Mentor Education in Romania – Towards Improving Teacher Induction
The aim of this paper is to examine the induction programme for newly qualified teachers and mentor education in Estonia, providing a comparative analysis of existing Estonian and possible Romanian models of mentoring. While the Estonian induction programme has been in place for more than ten years,...
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| author | Mihaela Stingu Eve Eisenschmidt Romiță Iucu |
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| description | The aim of this paper is to examine the induction programme for newly qualified teachers and mentor education in Estonia, providing a comparative analysis of existing Estonian and possible Romanian models of mentoring. While the Estonian induction programme has been in place for more than ten years, induction in Romania is a relatively new and has only
been mandatory since 2011 (National Law of Education 1/2011). The specifics of mentor professional development within the Romanian induction framework have yet to be explicated. This paper proposes two possible scenarios suitable for the Romanian system :1) long-term regulated academic education (part of master or doctoral level studies), and 2) flexible
short-term in-service education. The advantages and disadvantages of both models are examined and ways to overcome some of the disadvantages are identified. Ultimately, the paper proposes that a flexible, needsdriven system which encompasses a degree of choice will best fulfil the professional development needs of teachers who wish to become mentors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-911d2c5118774733a02eb066f5349b662022-12-22T01:12:42ZengUniversity of LjubljanaCenter for Educational Policy Studies Journal1855-97192232-26472016-09-0163Scenarios of Mentor Education in Romania – Towards Improving Teacher InductionMihaela StinguEve EisenschmidtRomiță IucuThe aim of this paper is to examine the induction programme for newly qualified teachers and mentor education in Estonia, providing a comparative analysis of existing Estonian and possible Romanian models of mentoring. While the Estonian induction programme has been in place for more than ten years, induction in Romania is a relatively new and has only been mandatory since 2011 (National Law of Education 1/2011). The specifics of mentor professional development within the Romanian induction framework have yet to be explicated. This paper proposes two possible scenarios suitable for the Romanian system :1) long-term regulated academic education (part of master or doctoral level studies), and 2) flexible short-term in-service education. The advantages and disadvantages of both models are examined and ways to overcome some of the disadvantages are identified. Ultimately, the paper proposes that a flexible, needsdriven system which encompasses a degree of choice will best fulfil the professional development needs of teachers who wish to become mentors.https://ojs.cepsj.si/index.php/cepsj/article/view/65induction mentorsnovice teacherspolicy scenarios |
| spellingShingle | Mihaela Stingu Eve Eisenschmidt Romiță Iucu Scenarios of Mentor Education in Romania – Towards Improving Teacher Induction Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal induction mentors novice teachers policy scenarios |
| title | Scenarios of Mentor Education in Romania – Towards Improving Teacher Induction |
| title_full | Scenarios of Mentor Education in Romania – Towards Improving Teacher Induction |
| title_fullStr | Scenarios of Mentor Education in Romania – Towards Improving Teacher Induction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scenarios of Mentor Education in Romania – Towards Improving Teacher Induction |
| title_short | Scenarios of Mentor Education in Romania – Towards Improving Teacher Induction |
| title_sort | scenarios of mentor education in romania towards improving teacher induction |
| topic | induction mentors novice teachers policy scenarios |
| url | https://ojs.cepsj.si/index.php/cepsj/article/view/65 |
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