This Handbook is a leading source of ideas and information on mentoring and coaching. It covers national and international research on schools, higher education, and disciplines within and beyond education.

Table of Contents

• About the Editors
• Notes on Contributors
• Editorial Advisors
• Editors' Introduction
• Section 1 Overviews of Mentoring and Coaching
• 1 Mentoring: An Overview - Carol A. Mullen
• 2 Coaching: An Overview - Sarah J. Fletcher
• Section 2 Skills, Values and Understandings
• 3 Improving Coaching by and for School Teachers - David Leat, Rachel Lofthouse and Carl Towler
• 4 Fostering Face-to-Face Mentoring and Coaching - Andrew J. Hobson
• 5 Fostering the Use of Web-Based Technology in Mentoring and Coaching - Sarah J. Fletcher
• 6 Operationalizing Phases of Mentoring Relationships - Carol A. Mullen and Dale H. Schunk
• Section 3 Culturally Based Concepts
• 7 Educating the Critically Reflective Mentor - Geraldine Mooney Simmie and Joanne Moles
• 8 Politics and Systems of Coaching and Mentoring - Andrew Hargreaves and Jane Skelton
• 9 Mentoring: Apprenticeship or Co-Inquiry? - Tadashi Asada
• 10 Effects of Race and Racial Dynamics on Mentoring - Juanita Johnson-Bailey
• 11 Mentoring Innovation through Online Communications in a Digital Culture - Helga Dorner
• 12 Perspectives on Culture and Mentoring in the Global Age - Frances Kochan and Joseph T. Pascarelli
• Section 4 School Contexts
• 13 Mentoring and Coaching for School Teachers' Initial Teacher Education and Induction - Pete Sorensen
• 14 Mentoring and Coaching for Teachers' Continuing Professional Development - Philippa Cordingley and Natalia Buckler
• 15 A Critical–Constructivist Perspective on Mentoring and Coaching for Leadership - Gary M. Crow
• 16 Mentoring and Coaching for Leadership Development in Schools - Christopher Rhodes
• 17 Dialogical Mentoring and Coaching in Early Years Leadership - Paul Watling and Mike Gasper
• 18 Coaching in the K-12 Context - Joellen Killion
• 19 Using Mentoring and Coaching for Professional Learning in UK Secondary Schools - Cathy Pomphrey and Suzanne Burley
• 20 Multidimensional Understandings of School-Based Mentoring - Po-yuk Ko, Mun-ling Lo and John Chi-kin Lee
• 21 Mentoring Student Teachers in Professional Development Schools in Israel - Maureen Rajuan
• Section 5 Adult and Higher Education Contexts
• 22 Mentoring Doctoral Students in Educational Leadership Programs - Ken Young and Sandra Harris
• 23 Mentoring and Coaching in Further Education - Janet Oti
• 24 Empowerment in the Faculty–Student Mentoring Relationship - Catherine A. Hansman
• 25 Student Peer Mentors as a Navigational Resource in Higher Education - Jenepher Lennox Terrion
• Section 6 Inclusion
• 26 Using Best Practices for Teaching the Process of Coaching - Hal Portner and Mary H. Portner
• 27 Mentoring Graduate Students of Color - Richard J. Reddick and Michelle D. Young
• 28 The Role of Mentoring in Adult Literacy and Numeracy in Northern Ireland - Shelley Tracey
• 29 Peer Mentoring and Inclusion in Writing Groups - Dannielle Joy Davis, Kara Provost and Sonya Clark
• Section 7 Research Issues
• 30 E-Mentoring and Educational Research Capacity Development: A Conceptual Perspective - Norbert Pachler and Ana Redondo
• 31 Knowledge Base of Mentoring and Mentor Preparation - Sylvia Yee Fan Tang
• 32 Mentoring Teacher Inquiry: Lessons in Lesson Study - Susan Groundwater-Smith
• 33 Research Mentoring in Higher Education - Jean Rath