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Dissertation in Fear: Changing the Status Quo and Building Capacity of Best Practices for Mentorship Among Doctoral E-Learners

Dissertation in Fear: Changing the Status Quo and Building Capacity of Best Practices for Mentorship Among Doctoral E-Learners

Sherika Dacres
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781668460498|ISBN10: 1668460491|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668460535|EISBN13: 9781668460504
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6049-8.ch007
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Dacres, Sherika. "Dissertation in Fear: Changing the Status Quo and Building Capacity of Best Practices for Mentorship Among Doctoral E-Learners." Best Practices and Programmatic Approaches for Mentoring Educational Leaders, edited by Amanda Wilkerson and Shalander Samuels, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 88-101. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6049-8.ch007

APA

Dacres, S. (2023). Dissertation in Fear: Changing the Status Quo and Building Capacity of Best Practices for Mentorship Among Doctoral E-Learners. In A. Wilkerson & S. Samuels (Eds.), Best Practices and Programmatic Approaches for Mentoring Educational Leaders (pp. 88-101). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6049-8.ch007

Chicago

Dacres, Sherika. "Dissertation in Fear: Changing the Status Quo and Building Capacity of Best Practices for Mentorship Among Doctoral E-Learners." In Best Practices and Programmatic Approaches for Mentoring Educational Leaders, edited by Amanda Wilkerson and Shalander Samuels, 88-101. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6049-8.ch007

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Abstract

Mentoring plays an important role in the success and or failure of doctoral learners. The experiences that one garners from a traditional doctoral education model provide opportunities and access to conventional mentorship and support that allows a learner to build on the knowledge and experience needed to be an academic professional. However, the same cannot be said for e-learners. Building and sustaining a meaningful mentor-mentee relationship has presented some challenges. This chapter utilizes the conceptual framework of Yob and Crawford to offer strategies to build capacity of best practices for mentorship among doctoral e-learners. The discussion will be organized using five of the seven attributes of Yob and Crawford's conceptual framework for mentoring: competence, personal qualities, availability, communication, and emotional support. This work has implications for mentors, doctoral e-learners, higher education faculty, as well as higher learning institutions.

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