Curriculum links Level 6/7/8
Using this type of mentoring strategy assists the teacher in:
Establishing an environment that encourages and supports student innovation
- Supporting student learning as they structure and plan activities as required to enable them to undertake their technological practice to develop an appropriate outcome
Supporting students in accessing resources
- Provides opportunities for students to access key and wider community stakeholders in a safe and appropriate manner
Promoting Values education
"I find that once the students go to university their values change. They experience the 'school world' then the 'university world' and then move into employment and have to adjust to the 'real' world outside of school and university. So bringing ex-students back to school in a mentoring capacity does expose our present students to those differing value sets."
– Jenny Baker, August 2008
