Background/Context: Mentors play a central role in preparing new teachers. This is multifaceted and demanding work, for which they rarely receive training, instead often relying on their own intuition or past experiences to guide their practice. As a result, most mentoring assum…
This research answers two questions. First, “What, if any, influence will a weekly mentoring experience have on the ability of individuals to self-identify as potential leaders in New Hope Tokyo?” Second, “Will a weekly mentoring experience for current church leaders produce ins…
Problem: The fact that evangelism in the Unorganized Territories of the Chinese Union Mission was done mainly as personal evangelism and that public evangelism was limited to a one-day seed sowing meeting had led to a serious need for equipping pastors in effective public evange…
The research aim was to examine the relationship between Christian mentoring during adolescence and spiritual formation practices. Two hundred seventy-eight Christian emerging adults completed the survey. The survey utilized two instruments. The Mentor-Youth Alliance Scale (MYAS…
We cannot change ourselves unless we change our way of thinking. It is actually thought that changes us. When you don't know yourself, you don't know others. (Muhammad) This phenomenological study explored the influence of sisterhood in the mentoring experiences of Black women; …
The purpose of this dissertation is to answer the question: "What should constitute an encapsulated, online-mediated, contextualized leadership development curriculum for the Chinese House Church?" In the aftermath of and during the Cultural Revolution, Chinese Christians faced …
Given the surge of immigrant and resettled refugee student enrollment in public schools, a strong understanding of the transition process for these students and their families and facilitating the creation of effective schooling contexts are major educational priorities. It is c…
This project concentrates on the concept of mentoring and developing young men who are aspiring to enter full-time ministry through Porter Memorial Baptist Church. Chapter 1 describes the ministry context of the church. The description is focused on the history of the church, an…
The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between The Barnes/Jewish Hospital Youth Mentoring Program and the participating students' grade point averages, attendance rates and attitudes about mentoring. The study used the archival data of 30 studen…
The purpose of this study was to develop a volunteer tutoring program to integrate foreign students into a Jewish day school. Jewish day schools offer a dual curriculum of Judaic studies, which are taught in Hebrew, and secular studies, which are taught in English. This presents…
The method of mentoring by electronic mail is a new approach that is gaining widespread acceptance. The benefits of e-mail mentoring offer advantages not found in other traditional mentoring programs. Mentoring can play a major part in the development and decision making of youn…
This hypothesis-generating study examines what new and seasoned teachers reported and experienced as participants in a mentorship program in a supplementary school. Research focused on 4 issues: (a) the focus of mentors' and mentees' dialogue and writings, (b) mentors' and mente…
Background: Studies have demonstrated that new graduate nurses' (NGNs) transition experience is complex and often negative leading to dissatisfaction with nursing and increased attrition. Many existing studies of NGNs' transition experience are small, qualitative, concerned with…
This study investigates the role of mentoring and social capital in managing gender diversity at the senior management levels of the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland. Although the NHS employs a large number of females, they are not fairly represented at the senior manag…
In Ireland, formal mentoring as a mechanism for supporting student learning in the Teaching Practice (TP) phase of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) is at a developmental stage. The Irish Government appears to support mentoring initiatives in ITE, however, there is little evidence…
Youth mentoring is often used to engage increasing numbers of disaffected and marginalised young people. As such, this research explores the extent to which key workers, across a range professional settings, adopt and integrate mentoring practices into their primary role. The re…
This study explored the potential benefit of establishing an e-mentoring program for the women of Iraq and Afghanistan. The women of Iraq and Afghanistan now face new or different challenges as their countries go through political, economic, and social change (Salbi, Z. 2005). T…
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current practice of mentoring as a tool for leadership development for the next generation of leaders in the Redeemed Christian Church of God Nigeria (RCCG) by surveying pastors and young leaders in the RCCG in order to prescribe a m…
The inconsistent translation of American military doctrine and the absence of information on the conversion process to an all-volunteer force (AVF) have been significant challenges for foreign militaries desiring to convert their manning procedures. More specifically, these two …