Mentor

With a new introduction and afterword, this revised second edition is a practical, engaging exploration of mentoring and its power to transform learning. Filled with inspiring vignettes, Mentor shows how anyone who teaches can become a successful mentor to students. Topics covered include adult learning and development; the search for meaning as a motive for learning; education as a transformational journey; how adults change and develop; how learning changes the learner; barriers and incentives to learning and growth; and guiding adults through difficult transitions.

Foreword v Lois Zachary Preface to the Original Edition ix Preface xix The Author xxxi Part One: Adult Learning as Development 1 First Shards: The Search for Meaning as a Motive for Learning 3 2 Mentors, Myths, and Metamorphosis: Education as a Transformational Journey 17 3 Maps of Transformation: How Adults Change and Develop 43 Part Two: Learning as a Transformative Journey 4 The Deep and Savage Way: The Unsettling First Steps of an Educational Journey 89 5 The Dynamic of Transformation: How Learning Changes the Learner 125 6 Returning Home: Helping Adults Integrate New Insights 147 Part Three: Fostering Adult Learning 7 The Ecology of Adult Learning: Barriers and Incentives to Learning and Growth 181 8 The Yoda Factor: Guiding Adults Through Difficult Transitions 203 9 The Art of the Mentor: Limits and Possibilities 231 Afterword 249 Notes 263 References 269 Appendix 279 Index 281