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Session 2- November 19th, 2015
In this session, we continued to discuss W. Brad Johnson’s (2008), The Elements of Mentoring, looking more specifically at the latter half of the book that hones in on how a mentor/ mentee relationship is arranged and and matters of integrity within the relationship. In this session, we addressed mentoring as it relates to college-wide […]
Session 1- October 22, 2015
This was the first FIG of the fall 2015 semester. In this session, participants were asked to pre-read the first sections of W. Brad Johnson’s (2008), The Elements of Mentoring that examine the skills as well as style and personality of good mentors. We also discussed basics about the possible benefits of mentoring and defined what mentoring is/ […]
Session 3- May 18th, 2015
In this session we discussed Motivational Interviewing, an approach used in the Counseling field to foster change in individuals. Like the previous session on Dweck, this FIG session was open to the larger college community- those who were currently trained as mentors in our formal Student Faculty Mentoring program as well as those on campus […]
Session 2- April 20th, 2015
In this session, we discussed Carol Dweck’s Growth Mindset. We watched a Tedtalk that focused on Dweck’s research and discussed this research in relation to KCC students and the value it holds for mentoring. In essence, Dweck’s research demonstrates that praising children for intelligence with language such as, “you are so smart”, can backfire in that […]
