Character Strengths and Virtues of Mentor Teachers

Authors

  • Ildikó Holik Óbuda University, KVK Ágoston Trefort Centre for Engineering Education, 1081 Budapest, Népszínház u. 8. Hungary
  • István Dániel Sanda Óbuda University, KVK Ágoston Trefort Centre for Engineering Education, 1081 Budapest, Népszínház u. 8. Hungary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v10i5.13709

Keywords:

mentor teacher, strengths, virtues

Abstract


Trainee and beginner teachers are introduced to the internal world of the school by mentor teachers, who also support their young colleagues during their process of socialisation as teachers. Mentor teachers provide beginners with advice and suggestions as well as professional and personal support and models. Mentors are faced with a variety of expectations. In our study, we used the Values-In-Action (VIA) questionnaire to find out what strengths and virtues mentor teachers have. It is important to make mentors aware of their own strengths for several reasons. If they can apply these in their teaching work, it can become a calling and they can be fulfilled by it as well as be protected against burnout.

Author Biographies

Ildikó Holik, Óbuda University, KVK Ágoston Trefort Centre for Engineering Education, 1081 Budapest, Népszínház u. 8. Hungary

associate professor

István Dániel Sanda, Óbuda University, KVK Ágoston Trefort Centre for Engineering Education, 1081 Budapest, Népszínház u. 8. Hungary

associate professor

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Published

2020-10-15

How to Cite

Holik, I., & Sanda, I. D. (2020). Character Strengths and Virtues of Mentor Teachers. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 10(5), pp. 7–19. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v10i5.13709

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