Abstract

CUNHA, Jennifer Silva da; MARTINS, Juliana Andreia Oliveira; FREITAS, Lisete Maria Guimarães da Costa  and  ROSARIO, Pedro José Sales Luís Fonseca. Benefits of a school-based mentoring support: analysis of the mentor teacher-related predictors. Educ. Puc. [online]. 2023, vol.28, e237209.  Epub Aug 07, 2023. ISSN 2318-0870.  https://doi.org/10.24220/2318-0870v28e2023a7209.

The present study aims to analyze the mentor’s variables that predict the benefits of mentoring support implemented in the school context: the quality of the mentoring relationship, the mentor’s self-efficacy, the affective commitment, and the mentor experience. Participants were 140 trained teachers from different parts of the country. They completed an online questionnaire. The multiple linear regression model showed that relationship quality and the mentor’s self-efficacy are statistically significant predictors of the benefits of mentoring perceived by the mentor. No significant results were found for the remaining predictors. Data suggest that schools need to invest in mentor-teachers’ training and practice monitoring to foster relationship quality and mentor’s self-efficacy. Affective commitment and mentor experience are not sufficient for the success of mentoring practices. For this reason, it is urgent to review mentoring organization practices in schools (e.g., selection criteria for mentors).

Keywords : Self-efficacy; Affective commitment; Mentor experience; Relationship quality; Mentoring.

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