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Hudson, Peter B. and Usak, Muhammet and Savran-Gencer, Ayse (2009) Employing the five-factor mentoring instrument : analysing mentoring practices for teaching primary science. European Journal of Teacher Education, 32(1). pp. 63-74.
Employing the five-factor mentoring instrument: Analysing mentoring practices for teaching primary science a*
P. Hudson, bM. Uşak, and cA. Savran-Gencer a Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; bDumlupinar University, Kütahya, Turkey; cPamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey (Received 1 July, 2008) Abstract Primary science education is a concern around the world and quality mentoring within schools can develop preservice teachers’ practices. A five-factor model for mentoring has been identified, namely, personal attributes, system requirements, pedagogical knowledge, modelling, and feedback. Final-year preservice teachers (mentees, n=211) from three Turkish universities were administered a previously validated instrument to gather perceptions of their mentoring in primary science teaching. ANOVA indicated that each of these five factors was statistically significant (p
