Humble Hopes in Mentorship and Education: Thinking with Temporality
This article juxtaposes mentoring with an extended concept of time, arguing against the idea of mentoring as a unilaterally forward-moving progression. We discuss how time and temporality unfold in mentoring in the teaching profession. We further explore how temporality might create different potent...
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| description | This article juxtaposes mentoring with an extended concept of time, arguing against the idea of mentoring as a unilaterally forward-moving progression. We discuss how time and temporality unfold in mentoring in the teaching profession. We further explore how temporality might create different potentialities of hope. Ultimately, we suggest the necessity of destabilising narratives of mentoring as constant and linear improvements. We use an example of an inheritance from the past as an analogy in order to provide a thematic starting point for our discussion. This example supports the exploration of how mentorship programme assignments are experienced as well as how conversations are constantly filtered through time. The article builds on the empirical elements of a study of a mentorship programme to explore potentialities that are of importance in mentorship and education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d09bfda9fc3140bb821e752c4b129c5c2023-11-22T18:01:03ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022021-10-01111063510.3390/educsci11100635Humble Hopes in Mentorship and Education: Thinking with TemporalityBente Ulla0Ann Sofi Larsen1Department of Education, ICT and Learning, Østfold University College, N-1757 Halden, NorwayDepartment of Education, ICT and Learning, Østfold University College, N-1757 Halden, NorwayThis article juxtaposes mentoring with an extended concept of time, arguing against the idea of mentoring as a unilaterally forward-moving progression. We discuss how time and temporality unfold in mentoring in the teaching profession. We further explore how temporality might create different potentialities of hope. Ultimately, we suggest the necessity of destabilising narratives of mentoring as constant and linear improvements. We use an example of an inheritance from the past as an analogy in order to provide a thematic starting point for our discussion. This example supports the exploration of how mentorship programme assignments are experienced as well as how conversations are constantly filtered through time. The article builds on the empirical elements of a study of a mentorship programme to explore potentialities that are of importance in mentorship and education.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/10/635mentorshiptemporalityaionontologyliminal momentinheritance |
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