Good Mentoring offers an in-depth analysis of the way mentors transmit not only knowledge and skills but the guiding values that support good work and social responsibility. The book clearly shows how these values are passed along to those they guide. Profiling three lineages of scientists passing their professional skills, values, and practices down through generations, the book reveals what constitutes successful mentoring in science and beyond. Stemming from a first-of-its-kind study by the GoodWork Project, the book shows how the cultivation of professional ethics and excellence depends on teachers and mentors and the learning environments they foster.

Table of Contents

The Authors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Why Mentoring? Part One: Three Examples of Good Mentoring. 2. The Naturalist. 3. The Physician-Scientist. 4. The Moralist. Part Two: How Good Mentoring Works. 5. Values, Practices, and Knowledge Through the Generations. 6. How Values, Practices, and Knowledge Are Transmitted. 7. Supportive Relationships as the Context for Intergenerational Influence. Part Three: Promoting Good Mentoring. 8. What Have We Learned? 9. Where Do We Go from Here? Appendix A: Data Collection, Coding, and Analyses. Appendix B: Science Apprenticeship StudyNG2 and G3 Interview Questions. Appendix C: Global Code Sheet. References. Index.

Author Biography

Jeanne Nakamura is assistant professor in the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences and codirector of the Quality of Life Research Center at Claremont Graduate University. David J. Shernoff is associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations at Northern Illinois University. Charles H. Hooker, an attorney at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, conducted research on human development, shared leadership, and group mentoring while working on the GoodWork Project.