Making mole-hills out of mountains: Peer Mentoring in Engineering education - A case-study

Jane Andrews; Robin Clark; Sukhvinder Phull

Making mole-hills out of mountains: Peer Mentoring in Engineering education - A case-study

Jane Andrews, Robin Clark, Sukhvinder Phull

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Abstract

Based on the emergent findings of a pilot study which examined the issues around introducing Peer Mentoring into an Engineering School, this paper, which is very much a 'work in progress', describes and discusses results from the first year of what will be a three year exploratory study. Focusing on three distinctive concepts integral to the student experience, Relationships, Variety and Synergy, the study follows an Action Research Design in that it aims to find a realistic and workable solution to issues of attrition within the Engineering School in which the Project and Study are set. Starting with the research question "Does Peer Mentoring improve engineering students' transition into university?"', the Pilot Project and Study will run for three years, each year building on the lessons of the previous year.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	6th Research in Engineering Education Symposium: Translating Research into Practice, REES 2015
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	6th Research in Engineering Education Symposium (REES 2015): Translating Research into Practice - Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Duration: 13 Jul 2015 → 15 Jul 2015

Conference

Conference	6th Research in Engineering Education Symposium (REES 2015): Translating Research into Practice
Abbreviated title	REES 2015
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	13/07/15 → 15/07/15

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