0 a person who gives a younger or less experienced person help and advice over a period of time, especially at work or school
1 to help and give advice to a younger or less experienced person, especially in a job or at school
2 an experienced and trusted person who gives another person advice and help, esp. related to work or school, over a period of time
3 a person with experience in a job who supports and advises someone with less experience to help them develop in their work:
He acted as a business mentor to many young aspiring entrepreneurs.
4 to support and advise someone with less experience to help them develop in their work:
The programme was set up to train and mentor small-business entrepreneurs.
The precise anatomy of the mentoring programmes under inspection is therefore defined operationally.
There are indeed a thousand (and more) evidential bricks to be assembled, thus making mentoring an ideal test bed of the potential of evidence-based policy.
The relation activity is to consult with peers and mentors.
Take, for example, literature reviews of the effectiveness of mentoring in young people to reduce anti-social behaviour.
The acquisition of this knowledge from mentors and peers was part of his professional formation.
As an intervention strategy to address adolescent problems, there has been significant national interest in the supportive role of mentoring.
There is little concrete exposition of the methodology employed, or mention of expertise in the fields of mentoring or reviewing.
Most mentors are female, white and middle class, and report positive personal outcomes including increased self-esteem.
