TY - JOUR 
A1 - Lowery, Kendra
AU - Geesa, Rachel
AU - McConnell, Kat
T1 - Designing a Peer-Mentoring Program for Education Doctorate (EdD) Students
Y1 - 2018
SN - 2157-6254
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/7358
AB - Objectives: In preparation for creating a peer-mentoring program for education doctorate (EdD) students, we conducted a literature review to learn about the characteristics of peer-mentoring programs for graduate students and EdD students specifically.
Method: Our search criteria included articles about peer mentoring for graduate students only; published in peer-reviewed journals since the year 2000; and about programs that involved more experienced students, students farther along in the program, or recent graduates. These criteria resulted in 15 articles.
Results: We applied what we learned about program design and characteristics in the creation of a voluntary peer-mentoring program for first year students, including purposeful selection and assignment of mentors and mentees along with stated expectations for the type and frequency of mentor/mentee conversations.
Conclusions: More research is needed that addresses a consistent definition of peer mentoring, methodological concerns about research, challenges of these programs, and how certain aspects of peer-mentoring programs relate to program completion rates.
KW - Peer-mentoring programs
KW - Education doctorate students
KW - Innovaciones educativas
KW - Educación superior
KW - Innovación educacional
KW - Enseñanza superior
LA - eng
ER -