Adult Learning Theory: Reflections on the Role of Mentoring as a Key to Success in Advanced Degree Programs

Authors

Kent Willis, University of Texas Health Science Center at TylerFollow

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Description

Vital to completing advanced educational and training programs beyond the undergraduate degree level is realizing specific dispositions and traits. In this paper, the role of mentoring as a critical contributing factor to student success is examined through critical reflection as a form of qualitative inquiry. Traditionally utilized in professional settings to improve practice, critical reflection provided an emergent methodological approach for close examination of personal experiences with mentoring during the learning process in pursuit and subsequent completion of a professional degree (Fook, 2013). This in-depth examination of personal experience derived lessons learned from individuals that successfully navigated the rigor of advanced educational programs to expose mentoring’s role as the key to success. This article was published in the American Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 6(80) 2021. ISSN:2474-9265

Publication Date

2021

Publisher

American Journal of Educational Research and Reviews

Keywords

Adult Learning Theory; Self-direct lLarning; Self-Directed Learning; Andragogy; Critical Reflection Methodology

Department

Education Doctorate

Disciplines

Education | Higher Education

Recommended Citation

Willis, Kent, "Adult Learning Theory: Reflections on the Role of Mentoring as a Key to Success in Advanced Degree Programs" (2021). Education Doctorate Faculty Works. 19.
https://openriver.winona.edu/educationeddfacultyworks/19