NDLI: Mentoring african american educational media and technology students

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Jones, Toni Stokes
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Mentoring appears to help African-American students taking educational media and technology classes to have more confidence in their abilities to integrate technology. It has also provided them with an opportunity to express their concern about their lack of technology skills and anxiety about teaching. Furthermore, they were able to speak to someone who cares about them and who has also had similar concerns and anxieties. The fact that we were all African American facilitated communication and trust between each of my students and me. However, since there is typically a scarcity of African-American faculties to mentor them it is problematic to have same-race mentoring relationships for most African-American students at predominately White academic institutions. Research suggests however, that African-American students feel that having an African-American mentor is less important to them than having a mentor in their career field. With appropriate attitudes and the belief that cultural diversity is an asset and not a deficit, faculty of other races can effectively mentor African-American students. With this in mind coupled with the fact that research indicates that mentoring supports retention particularly for African-American students, all faculties should consider mentoring African-American and other minority students. Mentoring enables faculty to MEET their minority students where they are and move them forward. Remember to Model use of technology in the classroom, Engage students in dialogue in and out of class, Embrace their anxiety and point our their successes, and Team students with partners.
Starting Page	11
Ending Page	14
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISSN	87563894
Journal	TechTrends
Volume Number	46
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15597075
Language	English
Publisher	Springer New York
Publisher Date	2002-03-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Educational Technology Learning and Instruction
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications

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