Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- The authors
- List of abbreviations
- Series Editor's introduction
- Introduction
- Section 1 Theories
- Section 2 Infrastructure
- Section 3 Activities and tools
- 34 Action learning sets
- 35 Apprentices, graduate trainees and work placements
- 36 Awards
- 37 Buddying
- 38 CILIP qualifications
- 39 CILIP qualifications – revalidation
- 40 Coaching
- 41 Collaborative working
- 42 Communities of practice – internal
- 43 Communities of practice – external
- 44 Conferences – attending
- 45 Conferences – organizing
- 46 Conferences – posters
- 47 Conferences – presenting
- 48 Conferences – sharing the learning
- 49 Conferences – volunteering
- 50 Conferences – workshops
- 51 Conferences – writing proposals for papers
- 52 CVs
- 53 Exchange of Experience events, TeachMeets and Unconferences
- 54 Formal qualifications
- 55 Funding for CPD
- 56 Group conversations
- 57 Job rotation
- 58 Learning logs and journals
- 59 Meetings – attending
- 60 Meetings – chairing
- 61 Meetings – note taking
- 62 Mentoring – external
- 63 Mentoring – peer
- 64 Minutes of madness
- 65 MOOCs
- 66 Networks
- 67 Networks – setting up
- 68 Networks – running
- 69 Personal development plans
- 70 Presentations – general tips
- 71 Professional membership
- 72 Projects
- 73 Project management tools
- 74 Reflection – facilitating
- 75 Reflective practice
- 76 Reflective writing
- 77 Research activities
- 78 Secondments
- 79 Shadowing
- 80 Social media
- 81 SWOT analysis
- 82 Time management
- 83 Time management tools
- 84 Training courses – attending
- 85 Training courses – commissioning
- 86 Training courses – planning, delivering and evaluating
- 87 Twitter
- 88 Twitter chats
- 89 VLEs
- 90 Visits
- 91 Volunteering
- 92 Webinars
- 93 Writing blog posts
- 94 Writing business cases
- 95 Writing case studies
- 96 Writing e-mails
- 97 Writing journal articles
- 98 Writing newsletters
- 99 Writing procedures
- 100 Writing project plans
- 101 Writing reports
- Index
63 - Mentoring – peer
from Section 3 - Activities and tools
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- The authors
- List of abbreviations
- Series Editor's introduction
- Introduction
- Section 1 Theories
- Section 2 Infrastructure
- Section 3 Activities and tools
- 34 Action learning sets
- 35 Apprentices, graduate trainees and work placements
- 36 Awards
- 37 Buddying
- 38 CILIP qualifications
- 39 CILIP qualifications – revalidation
- 40 Coaching
- 41 Collaborative working
- 42 Communities of practice – internal
- 43 Communities of practice – external
- 44 Conferences – attending
- 45 Conferences – organizing
- 46 Conferences – posters
- 47 Conferences – presenting
- 48 Conferences – sharing the learning
- 49 Conferences – volunteering
- 50 Conferences – workshops
- 51 Conferences – writing proposals for papers
- 52 CVs
- 53 Exchange of Experience events, TeachMeets and Unconferences
- 54 Formal qualifications
- 55 Funding for CPD
- 56 Group conversations
- 57 Job rotation
- 58 Learning logs and journals
- 59 Meetings – attending
- 60 Meetings – chairing
- 61 Meetings – note taking
- 62 Mentoring – external
- 63 Mentoring – peer
- 64 Minutes of madness
- 65 MOOCs
- 66 Networks
- 67 Networks – setting up
- 68 Networks – running
- 69 Personal development plans
- 70 Presentations – general tips
- 71 Professional membership
- 72 Projects
- 73 Project management tools
- 74 Reflection – facilitating
- 75 Reflective practice
- 76 Reflective writing
- 77 Research activities
- 78 Secondments
- 79 Shadowing
- 80 Social media
- 81 SWOT analysis
- 82 Time management
- 83 Time management tools
- 84 Training courses – attending
- 85 Training courses – commissioning
- 86 Training courses – planning, delivering and evaluating
- 87 Twitter
- 88 Twitter chats
- 89 VLEs
- 90 Visits
- 91 Volunteering
- 92 Webinars
- 93 Writing blog posts
- 94 Writing business cases
- 95 Writing case studies
- 96 Writing e-mails
- 97 Writing journal articles
- 98 Writing newsletters
- 99 Writing procedures
- 100 Writing project plans
- 101 Writing reports
- Index
Summary
Mentoring – peer
PEER MENTORING OR co-mentoring is used in the academic world. It brings students together, sometimes from different year groups or specialisms, and they enter into a one-to-one learning relationship. This partnership ‘provides for a collaborative learning environment where students can be both experts and learners’ (Peter, 2013, 454). In one case study, Peter (2013) outlines how students in the information profession act as first-line support to help other students to navigate the library and information world.
Whilst the traditional mentoring relationship usually involves an older, more experienced individual sharing their wisdom and knowledge with someone less experienced (Clutterbuck, 1991, cited in Brewerton, 2002) a peer mentoring relationship provides the opportunity for an individual to learn from a colleague with similar experiences. This relationship rejects the hierarchical structure, indicating that all participants are able to learn from each other (Goosney, Smith and Gordon, 2014). As an added bonus, peers who are partnered with a colleague also have the opportunity to develop their own coaching and mentoring skills outlined in Tips 40 (p. 100) and 62 (p. 160).
Building this type of supportive relationship is useful for your staff, and could help them to work through problems and develop new ideas outside their day-to-day work. It can also be useful for staff to develop a learning relationship with colleagues from other departments or from other organizations. These relationships promote an overall learning culture, with peers providing opportunities for learning whilst also being encouraged to learn new skills (Wilson, Gaunt and Tehrani, 2009).
Collaborative approach
At the heart of the peer mentoring relationship is a collaborative approach to learning and sharing of expertise and knowledge.
Co-mentoring is not based on a traditional teacher/student model but rather on the principle of equal, mutually beneficial relationships in which each member of an LC [Learning Contract] functions as both mentor and mentee: bringing knowledge, questions, and ideas to the group and benefiting equally from discussion, reflection, and exploration.
Mullen, 2000, cited in Peter, 2013The International Librarians Network (ILN) is a volunteer-led peer mentoring programme which aims to help librarians to develop international networks. Applicants are partnered with colleagues from different countries, at different stages of their careers and with similar interests. The partnership operates on an equal basis, with both parties approaching the relationship as both protégé and mentor.
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- Practical Tips for Developing Your Staff , pp. 163 - 165Publisher: FacetPrint publication year: 2016