Getting the Most out of Your Mentoring Relationships [electronic resource] : A Handbook for Women in STEM /
Dean, Donna J.author.
Mentorship practice has been part of the human experience since the Golden Age of Greece. Engaging with a mentor as a way to learn and achieve one's full potential is an ancient and respected practice. Getting the Most out of your Mentoring Relationships overviews and gives perspectives on a variety of topics and issues relating to being mentored in the diverse fields encompassed by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are laid out in an easy-to-scan format. This book is meant to serve as a handbook in times of need when a few moments of reflection and perspective would be highly useful.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How to Use This Guide -- What Is Mentoring? -- Preparing to be Mentored -- Mentoring Relationships -- Changing Dynamics, Changing Needs -- Career and Life Transitions -- Navigating Interpersonal Contexts -- Starting Out with the Right Education -- Moving Toward Career Success -- Voices of Experience -- Provocative Thoughts for a Better Future -- Resources.
Mentorship practice has been part of the human experience since the Golden Age of Greece. Engaging with a mentor as a way to learn and achieve one's full potential is an ancient and respected practice. Getting the Most out of your Mentoring Relationships overviews and gives perspectives on a variety of topics and issues relating to being mentored in the diverse fields encompassed by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are laid out in an easy-to-scan format. This book is meant to serve as a handbook in times of need when a few moments of reflection and perspective would be highly useful.
Life sciences.
Medicine.
Learning.
Instruction.
Teaching.
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.
Life Sciences, general.
Biomedicine, general.
Learning & Instruction.
Teaching and Teacher Education.