Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

Theme tune by David Vesey

On this week's programme I interview Professor A. Lin Goodwin, Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong and formerly of Teachers College, Columbia University about mentoring and teaching. Among the topics we discuss are the following:

What mentoring is and is not
Everyone can be a mentor but people need to learn to mentor
Her experiences of being mentored by Celia Genishi
The kind of honesty that mentors need to have
The kind of feedback that is helpful
Skills and behaviours of mentors
Mentoring future researchers
Mentoring future teachers
Mentors learning from mentees
Letting mentees make mistakes
Problems if a mentor is reluctant to give candid feedback
Why having a framework or a mindset is better than having a formula for giving feedback
Getting away from looking at teaching dichotomously
Mentors for different occasions
Reluctant mentees
Some moments are more productive for mentoring than others

Programme 363, Lin Goodwin on Mentoring