Students' Self-Concept and Perceptions of Mentoring Relationships in a Summer Mentorship Program for Talented Adolescents

Effect of Mentoring Program on Mentees’ Academic Performance from an Islamic Perspective

“…In this story, Odysseus tells his loyal and experienced friend, namely, Mentor (a person who has great wisdom and trustworthy) to teach his son, namely, Telemachus (a mentee or protégé who has less experience) about the tips for handling challenging lifestyles before he goes to the Trojan War (Edlind & Haensly 1985;Ismail et al 2005;Ismail et al 2006;Merriam 1993). This story explains that mentors are the elderly who have wisdom, experiences and can be trusted to educate young men with little experience and knowledge (Little et al 2010;Johnson et al 1991;Russell & Adams 1997;Wanguri 1996).…”

“…Conversely, in an Islamic perspective, mentoring program is designed and administered to be responsible for the relationships between man and god (habl min Allah), and between man and man (habl min al-Nas) in order to obtain safety and happiness in this world and the day hereafter (akhirah). Today, the traditional mentoring concept that is previously viewed as an important field of education (Little et al 2010;Johnson et al 1991) and counseling (Gregson 1994;Zuraidah et al 2004) has been given new interpretations by contemporary educationists, social psychologists and management scholars in order to suit it with the diversity of organizational development and challenges (Dennison 2000;Ismail et al 2005;Ismail et al 2006;Ismail & Ridzuan 2012;Oliver & Aggleton 2002 (Cummings & Worley 2009;Johnson et al 1991;Long 2002;Noe et al 2002). There is no one best mentoring program model to fit all organizations, but they are designed and implemented according to the uniqueness of organizational contexts in terms of beliefs, policy, orientations, stresses, strengths and weaknesses (Irving et al 2003;Ismail et al 2005;Ismail et al 2006;Santos & Reigadas 2002;Santos & Reigadas 2005).…”

The effectiveness of mentoring strategy for developing the creative potential of the gifted and non-gifted students

“…Casey & Shore, 2000 longitudinal research maintained on 200 creative children during 22 years, it was determined that every successful individual has a special teacher who can change his life (Casey & Shore, 2000). It can be said in theory that mentors provide their mentees with stimulus of mentally advanced level and become a positive model with their behavior (Little, Kearney, & Britner, 2010). In this regard, students often look to their teachers for advice, direction, and assistance in learning (Bisland, 2001).…”

Effect of Mentorship Program on Mentees’ Psychosocial Development

“…Mentors and mentees have played a significant role in teaching, inducting and developing the skills and talents of mentee. Mentorship has been receiving substantial attention among practitioners and academics as a means to professional and personal development (Little, Kearney & Britner, 2010) and/or counseling services (Gregson, 1994; Even though the nature of this relationship is significant, little has been left unexplained about the role of mentorship program as an important determinant of mentee outcomes in the mentorship program research literature (Allen & Finkelstein, 2003;Bernier et al, 2005;. Many scholars argue that this situation is related to the emphasis of many previous on the internal properties of mentorship program, employment of a simple survey method to explain different respondent perceptions toward particular mentorship program models and usage of a simple correlation analysis to measure the strength of association between mentorship program and mentees' psychosocial development.…”