There is a crisis in traditional Conservatoire Actor Training. Large-scale bad press about institutional racism, sexism, harassment and ablism is creating a new market for smaller more bespoke ...training programmes with individual identity placed at their heart. The impact of contemporary digital culture means that it is no longer necessary for actors to go to the 'big name' institutions of the past: aspiring actors can make their own work, and train themselves with readily accessible masterclasses and technology; market themselves on social media, create their own platforms on YouTube and access massive audiences. In this keynote I call for trainers to 'lean in' to their precarity by questioning their positionality, their own training, their bias and their politics. I utilise two case studies of students I have trained to antagonise some of the hierarchical systems that disempowered particular students. I argue that through a practice of critical reflection and radical mentorship, teachers and trainers might begin to reformulate training in the image of their students. By placing a care-driven pedagogy at the heart of our work, we might reawaken training, inspire new communities to work with us and focus on the sustained wellbeing of all the actors who wish to train.
In response to changes in the workforce, scholars are calling for mentoring that is more fluid, flexible, and responsive to the needs of diverse groups of individuals, whether culturally (Kochan & ...Pascarelli, 2012; Kochan, Searby, George, & Mitchell Edge, 2015) or intergenerationally (Thorpe, 2012) diverse. With these changes, there are greater demands for intergenerational and intercultural collaboration and mentoring. One response to these changes is to take a more collaborative, interactive, and transformational approach to mentoring. In response, this book provides a model for collaborative mentoring, based on best-practice, grounded in theory and research, and framed by the Dynamic Model of Collaborative Mentorship. Each chapter provides a description of one of the five components of the mentoring model which are grounded in theory and include: agency, values, engagement, patterns, and roles. Individual chapters provide resources, prompts and questions to guide reflection, and suggested readings.This book is authored by four individuals who work, research, and write as a team. The book itself is the product of their mentoring research as well as their mentoring practice in action. It is current and timely, focusing on team processes which are collaborative, dynamic, reflective, and continuously developing and evolving.
Mentors are magical people. They can potentially transform ordinary folks into amazing icons of achievement. The best of them can morph their subtle and exalted practice into an art form. This book ...is a walking tour of the workings of the mentoring process, the key aspects of the practice of mentoring, and the snares and snags to look out for. It takes a systematic look at all aspects of getting the best out of being a mentor and having one to guide you.
Mentoring matters Robert Fedele
Australian nursing & midwifery journal,
04/2019, Letnik:
26, Številka:
6
Journal Article
Mentoring in nursing and midwifery offers meaningful rewards for both parties. The collaborative confidential relationship gives mentors the opportunity to give back to the professions and support ...career development. On the flipside, mentees gain knowledge, become empowered to build confidence, and develop skills to set and achieve goals.
This article presents qualitative findings from a pilot group coaching program that was conducted within a large Australian public healthcare organisation. Using Nueman's (2000) three phase coding ...system and Spector's (1984) methodology, transcripts were analyzed for key themes (from both coachees' and coaches' perspectives) in response to probe questions. These themes included the need for a clear and explicit goal focus; the importance of solid upfront preparation and communication; the vital role of a group coaching process structure; the value of explicit program sponsorship and follow up; and the need to ensure the right people who are genuinely engaged participants.
Naval service is an apprenticed profession. Experienced sailors mentor their younger shipmates, passing down their hard-earned knowledge and skills, and working side-by-side to develop the next ...generation of sailors. This Wheel Book includes some of the best writing on mentoring in the sea services from the past 100 years, offering guidance to sailors who are looking to find a mentor, providing advice to junior officers who are trying to figure out how to mentor their sailors while simultaneously developing their own capabilities, and providing advice and examples for senior leaders who are seeking to encourage mentoring in their command without pushing too hard.
Working Deeply Barner, Robert; Ideus, Ken
2017, 2017-05-09
eBook
Odprti dostop
Working Deeply is a guide for coaching and development professionals to help them foster their clients' efforts in deep transformational learning. It introduces key concepts, theory and practical ...techniques for undertaking transformational coaching, and provides cases and examples illustrating the use of these tools in practice.
Providing the practical tools and best practices you need to create a well-implemented mentoring program, this step-by-step book integrates diagrams, images, case studies, examples, and key insights ...and exercises into a practical and culturally malleable process. Over the course of her career, seasoned program development specialist Jenn Labin has encountered dozens of mentoring programs unable to stand the test of their organisations' natural talent cycles. What's needed is a solid planning framework developed from hands-on experimentation. And you'll find it here.
