Mentoring student teachers within Ireland’s further education and training sector

Tinnelly, Deirdre (2025) Mentoring student teachers within Ireland’s further education and training sector. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 23 (1). pp. 316-330. ISSN 17418305

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Abstract

This study explores the lived experiences of initial teacher education (ITE) mentors in the further education and training (FET) sector in Ireland. The literature suggests mentors support the professional formation of student teachers. However, mentoring relationships seem highly variable. At present the voice of mentors is underrepresented within Irish research. This interpretivist phenomenological analysis (IPA) study is based on semi-structured interviews with four mentors, and was underpinned by Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, field, and capital. The findings suggest mentors perform wide ranging functions to support their student teacher, but not all mentors report actually benefit from performing the role.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	further education and training sector; initial teacher education; mentor; mentoring; student teacher
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Teaching Personnel H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management > Coaching L Education > LC Special aspects / Types of education > Vocational Education
Divisions:	Centre for Education and Lifelong Learning > Staff Research and Publications
Depositing User:	Tamara Malone
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2025 15:50
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2025 15:50
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/8804

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