| Title: | Mentor Courses: a resource book for trainer-trainers |
| Author: | Angi Malderez and Caroline Bodoczky |
| ISBN: | 0-521-56690-8 [paperback] |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Address: | Cambridge
University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, CB2 2RU, UK www.cambridge.org |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 |
| Classification: | Resources to support mentors |
| Intended Audience: | Mentor trainers, but also anyone leading a group/ class over a period of time |
| Strengths: |
The book is derived from the experience of mentor trainers in Hungary, developing courses over 120 hours each for primary and secondary school-based training of teachers of English over a number of years, so the authors draw upon very extensive experience There is a theoretical rationale for their approach, best classified in terms of P. Ur’s ‘enriched reflection’ model The book includes a large number of practical activities, lasting between 10 minutes and 1.5 hours, grouped by objectives. They are described in detail, including useful guidance from experience on likely responses from mentors, and supported by photocopiable support materials to use within the sessions |
| Checklist Rate - One to Five | |
| Appropriate Content |
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| Student Use |
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| Tutor Resource |
N/A
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| Visuals |
1
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3
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4
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| Overall Style |
1
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2
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3
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| One of Series |
Yes
- for language teacher training
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| Photocopiable |
some
resource pages
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Full EMAC Review
Mentor Courses: a resource book for trainer-trainers - Angi Malderez and Caroline Bodoczky
The content of the book / resource:
The book is derived from the experience of mentor trainers in Hungary, developing mentor-training courses lasting 120 hours each for primary and secondary school-based training of teachers of English over a number of years, so the authors draw upon very extensive experience. The focus here is upon generic mentor training, rather than language-specifics. After two chapters on the educational rationale the bulk of the book comprises activities found useful in mentor teaching sessions.Its effectiveness in catering for its target audience
The book is clearly written and focused on mentor trainers.The value to the user
I found the activities described very interesting and potentially useful – some I shall include immediately! Particularly useful are the comments by the authors on how they have found the activities to work and the responses of mentors doing them. Some would not be appropriate for the more usual shorter mentor training sessions usual in the U.K.Its capacity to support pupils and / or teachers
The book has no direct relevance for pupil usage. Teachers acting as mentors would find it useful, because it explores the different skill areas they need to develop as mentors.Its particular strengths and any weaknesses
Strengths lie in the practical value of the numerous activities included here; and in the skills identified as pertinent to mentoring.
These need to be used selectively for the more typical short sessions in U.K. mentor training programmes.Readability, presentation and cost
The text is very readable, and presents a carefully analysed theoretical rationale for activities included, but it is more of a dip-in resource for activities for mentor trainers, and for them represented very good value.