Evaluating the effectiveness of the mentoring program based on mentor-students’ perceptions at LEI

Abstract

“The whole life of human beings is full of learning. We are constantly learning new things that allow us to develop new knowledge, as well as certain experiences that might make us more prepared on specific learning topics. In that way, the more knowledgeable individual can assist others less experienced or with less knowledge during the path of learning in order to reach their goals. According to Packard (2003), this kind of relationship between a less experience individual named mentee and a more experienced individual called mentor is known as mentoring. From the business area, mentoring moved to the educational one and it has been adopted in many universities from Europe and the United States of America mainly but not in Latin American universities. The BUAP, as a pioneer in this area, introduced the model of Mentoring in order to support students who are studying at this university. To have mentors, a training workshop for teachers to become Mentors was opened in Summer 2012. At the end of this workshop, that group of teachers had to design a mentoring program that would be applied in their schools or faculties.”