Mentors' and mentees ’ intellectual-partnership through the lens of the transformative learning theory

In this paper we report reflections about the scholarly mentoring experiences of undergraduate nursing students (mentees) and faculty members (mentors) involved in an intellectual partnership at a Canadian university. The paper specifically recounts the impacts of the transformative process experienced by 18 mentees and three mentors, based on their in-depth written critical reflections. In this collaborative initiative, the constructivist framework of Shor and Freire, and Mezirow's Transformative Learning Theory, served as foundations for all interactions between mentees and mentors, and guided the analysis and interpretation of their written self-reflections.

Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 31, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Margareth Santos Zanchetta, Annette Bailey, Olesya Kolisnyk, Lorena Baku, Jasna Schwind, Eunice Osino, Kateryna Aksenchuk-Metersky, Niyat Mehari, Oluwafunmbi Babalola, Joneet Christopher, Aafreen Hassan, Newton Leong, Mohamed Mohamed, Patrice Nemhbard-Wed Tags: Clinical education Source Type: research