Peer mentoring in engineering: (un)shared experience of undergraduate peer mentors and mentees |
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Authors: | Jae Hoon Lim Bailey P MacLeod Peter T Tkacik Sandra L Dika |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Educational Leadership, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USAjhlim@uncc.edu;3. Department of Counseling, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA;4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA;5. Department of Educational Leadership, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA |
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Abstract: | In this qualitative study, we explored the experiences of 26 engineering student mentors and mentees in a peer mentoring program. We found that mentors and mentees exploited the mentoring program’s fluid structure and situated social relationships to enact a specific type of academic/professional goal and identity conducive to their entry to one of two communities of practice, the on-campus engineering program community and the community of professional engineers. The mentoring program functioned as a social space in which identities of these students converged and diverged, creating a subtle tension and self-reflection in relation to the two different communities of practice that they pursued. |
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Keywords: | Peer mentoring engineering student community of practice |
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