PRESERVICE TEACHER IDENTITY: Developing Teacher Identity at 45

Abstract

Mentoring has long been a topic of interest, research, and discussion in multiple arenas of practice; businesses, schools, military, churches, to name just a few. While the benefits of mentoring and mentoring relationships are typically agreed upon, there are various specific styles or formats in the way mentoring activities are implemented. The very synergistic nature of mentoring implies that perhaps there is neither one best practice nor one lens with which to examine all of our unique experiences.