Intergenerational Interdisciplinary Mentoring: School-University Collaboration

Intergenerational Interdisciplinary Mentoring: School-University Collaboration

Zeynep YURTSEVEN AVCI & Esra EREN

ABSTRACT
This study was designed as a school-university collaboration application for the professional development of pre-service teachers studying in the Department of Computer Instructional Technologies (CEIT) and meeting the educational needs of teachers who want to use technology in their classrooms. The study has the characteristics of an intergenerational mentoring practice since mentors and mentees include different age groups and interdisciplinary since the pre-service teachers are educated in a technology-oriented department and they worked with teachers from different branches. The aim of the research is to determine the opinions and experiences of pre-service teachers regarding the technology trainings for teachers and the microteaching processes carried out before the trainings. The research was designed as a case study. Online interview forms, pre-service teacher diaries, group reports, microteaching observations and classroom observations were used to collect research data. In the microteaching phase of the study, pre-service teachers prepared lesson plans for the technologies they would teach teachers and gave lectures. Teacher training phase, they provided training to the teachers for the technologies they could use in their classes. After this phase, they observed teacher’s classroom applications using technology. The results of the research show that contribute to the deepening of pre-service teachers' field and professional knowledge, improve their effective presentation and communication skills, gain teaching experience and gain self-confidence towards the profession.

KEYWORDS: School-University Collaboration, Intergenerational Mentoring, Reverse Mentoring, Micro Teaching, Teacher Training

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