The Evaluation of New Mentoring Program for Novice Teachers according to Their Perceptions
The Evaluation of New Mentoring Program for Novice Teachers according to Their Perceptions

Summary/Abstract: The primary purpose of this research was to find out what novice teachers in Turkey think about the new mentoring program introduced by the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) in February, 2016. In order to collect more detailed data and gain a deep insight regarding research problem, qualitative research methods were preferred. The study group consisted of 22 newly appointed teachers during the 2016 academic term. A semi-structured interview form was used as data collection instrument. According to the results novice teachers think that the new mentoring program is beneficial in terms of classroom management, communication skills, professional efficacy; extending network and gaining experience. As for the disadvantages of the program, the novice teachers stated that they cannot choose their mentor teachers, the mentor teachers do not know the program in detail as it was used for the first time, there are a lot of trivial forms that novice teachers and mentor teachers had to fill in.

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