A participatory action research (PAR)-influenced mentoring program for graduate students
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The study described a mentoring program of a state-funded research and its effects on research and reflective practices to graduate students. Participatory Action Research (PAR), designed as a methodical and program framework, engaged nine mentors (researchers of a state-funded research) and 29 graduate students (purposively invited) to training-based mentoring (workshops and field work), small group mentoring (within research cells), and peer mentoring (field work and software-aided coding analysis). Observations, mentors’ narrations, and reflection journals extracted the experiences of the participants on the mentoring program. These reflections revealed that mentors and mentees learned many skills in the mentoring program. They had transformed challenges and difficulties (time management, field work) into learning episodes leading to reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action. They realized the importance of the theory-practice-reflection paradigm in all research endeavors. Hence, PAR-influenced mentoring helped develop their research skills. However, low engagement of the others may be due to time aspect, which may be looked into in a replicated study.
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Morales MPE, Palisoc CP, Avilla RA, Anito Jr. JC, Elipane LE, Ayuste TOD, Ramos-Butron B, Alcantara EC, Sagun RD, Bernarte RP, et al. 2022. A participatory action research (PAR)-influenced mentoring program for graduate students. The Palawan Scientist. 14(1):1–10. https://doi.org/10.69721/TPS.J.2022.14.1.01.
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collaborative practice and action, learning episodes, reflective-practitioner, research skills
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Kram KE. 1985. Mentoring at work: Developmental relationships in organizational life. Administrative Science Quarterly, 30(3): 454-456. https://doi.org/10.2307/2392687
Levinson DJ. 1986. The seasons of a man’s life: the groundbreaking 10-year study that was the basis for Passages! Ballentine Books, New York City, New York. 384pp.
Lodge JM, Kennedy G, Lockyer L, Arguel A and Pachman M. 2018. Understanding difficulties and resulting confusion in learning: An Integrative Review. Frontiers in Education, 3: 49. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2018.00049
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Morales MPE. 2019. Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Education. In: Mertler CA (ed). The Wiley Handbook of Action Research in Education. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, pp. 317-341.
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Reason P and Bradbury H. 2008. The SAGE Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry and Practice. Sage Publications Ltd, London. 719pp.
Reh JF. 2019. A guide to understanding the role of a mentor. https://www.thebalancecareers.com/a-guide-to-understanding-the-role-of-a-mentor-2275318. Accessed on 23 April 2021.
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Tocino-Smith J. 2020. How to apply appreciative inquiry: a visual guide. https://positivepsychology.com/appreciative-inquiry-process. Accessed on 23 April 2021.
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