Mentoring teachers: An interview with Angi Malderez

Abstract

In this interview, Dr Angi Malderez shares her journey as a teacher, and becoming a teacher educator and a mentor trainer. She defines mentoring as the one-to-one support by a relatively more experienced teacher for the growth and learning of another, and for their integration into the school culture and the wider professional culture. She highlights the importance of mentoring in education, and discusses the conditions that mentoring requires for its sustainability and success for all the actors in the educational community.

Keywords

• mentoring
• teacher of teachers
• teacher education