Journal Articles
You know what, this is kind of helping me': Students' experiences of a Hong Kong school-based mentoring programme
EdLink- You know what, this is kind of helping me': Students' experiences of a Hong Kong school-based mentoring programme
- Asia-Pacific Education Researcher , 28(2), 149-157, 2019
- Springer
- 2019
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Secondary Education
- Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with ethnically Chinese adolescents enrolled into a school-based mentoring programme at a private secondary school in Hong Kong. Interview data were analysed thematically and two themes developed: 'experiencing mentoring' and 'experiencing the mentor'. The mentees, although initially sceptical about mentoring, were surprised by its helpfulness. Through the development of an informal and collaborative relationship in which students experienced their mentor as a trustworthy, mature and objective adult, students found an important source of emotional support and practical help which benefited their academic work. Students' experience was influenced by their mentors' role in the school, length of service and gender match. School-based mentoring programmes in a Hong Kong context have the potential to offer emotional and academic support to students. Cultural factors may have an impact on the experience of mentoring which schools should take into account when setting up such programmes. [Copyright of Asia-Pacific Education Researcher is the property of Springer.]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 01195646
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/57081fe1
- 2020-03-03
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