Some Power will Inspire You

Abstract

This chapter provides a culmination to this examination of teachers as mentors, organized around five major sections. As in the cross-case analysis, these sections integrate both the data from the participants and relevant literature, yet suggest conclusions that are at a broader conceptual level. First of all, Inescapability of Mentoring reveals the importance of mentoring in today’s schools. Secondly, Broader Notions of Teacher and Teaching suggests that not only does teaching include mentoring, but that students flourish in an environment of care. In understanding that teachers are mentoring and that it is a necessary in today’s schools, the third and fourth sections emphasize the need to consider how mentoring can be employed in teacher education, as well as reflected in the design of educational policy.