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Entering Mentoring
First Edition| ©2015 Christine Pfund; Janet Branchaw; Jo Handelsman
ISBN:9781464184901
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The mentoring curriculum presented in this manual is built upon the original Entering Mentoring facilitation guide published in 2005 by Jo Handelsman, Christine Pfund, Sarah Miller, and Christine Maidl Pribbenow.
This revised edition is designed for those who wish to implement mentorship development programs for academic research mentors across science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and includes materials from the Entering Research companion curriculum, published in 2010 by Janet Branchaw, Christine Pfund and Raelyn Rediske. This revised edition of Entering Mentoring is tailored for the primary mentors of undergraduate researchers in any STEM discipline and provides research mentor training to meet the needs of diverse mentors and mentees in various settings.Features
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Entering Mentoring
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Christine Pfund; Janet Branchaw; Jo Handelsman
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Christine Pfund; Janet Branchaw; Jo Handelsman
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Curriculum Overview 1
Content 2
Format 3
Implementation: Facilitating Research Mentor Training 4
Learning Objectives 6
1 Introduction to Mentor Training 9
Introduction 9
Learning Objectives 9
Facilitation Guide 10
Introductory Activities: Ways to Help Participants Get to Know One Another 13
Constructive and Destructive Group Behaviors 15
Questions to Consider When Writing a Mentoring Philosophy 16
Reading: Mentoring: Learned Not Taught 17
2 Aligning Objectives 27
Introduction 27
Learning Objectives 27
Facilitation Guide 28
Case Study: The Sulky Undergraduate 31
Examples of Mentor-Mentee Compacts 32
Mentoring Tool: Research Experience Expectations 41
Mentoring Tool: Research Experience Reflections 42
Mentoring Tool: Letter of Recommendation 43
Mentoring Tool: Roles for Your Research Matter 44
3 Promoting Professional Development 45
Introduction 45
Learning Objectives 45
Facilitation Guide 46
Examples of Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for Discussing Development and Career Plans 49
Case Study: To Be or Not to Be a PhD 54
Mentoring Tool: The Next Step in Your Career: Factors to Consider 55
4 Maintaining Effective Communication 57
Introduction 57
Learning Objectives 57
Facilitation Guide 58
Case Study: The Slob 61
Mentoring Tool: Reflecting on Your Mentoring Relationship 62
5 Addressing Equity and Inclusion 63
Introduction 63
Learning Objectives 63
Facilitation Guide 64
Diversity Study Results 68
Case Study: Is It OK to Ask? 70
Reading: Benefits and Challenges of Diversity 71
6 Assessing Understanding 83
Introduction 83
Learning Objectives 83
Facilitation Guide 84
“Assessing Understanding” Scenarios 87
Mentoring Tool: Your Research Group’s Focus 88
Mentoring Tool: Scientific Article Worksheet 89
Mentoring Tool: Research Project Outline & Science Abstract 91
7 Fostering Independence 93
Introduction 93
Learning Objectives 93
Facilitation Guide 94
Case Study: Ready Mentee 97
Case Study: The Slow Writer 97
Reading: Mentoring Research Writers 98
8 Cultivating Ethical Behavior 105
Introduction 105
Learning Objectives 105
Facilitation Guide 106
Case Study: Tweaking the Data 108
Case Study: Plagiarism? 108
Case Study: A Big, Strong Guy 109
Case Study: A Drive in the Country 109
9 Articulating Your Mentoring Philosophy and Plan 111
Introduction 111
Learning Objectives 111
Facilitation Guide 112
Mentoring Reflection Worksheet 115
Appendix: Introduction to Facilitation 117
Role of Facilitators 117
General Notes on Facilitating a Group 118
Group Dynamics: Suggestions for Handling Challenges 119
About the Authors 121
Authors

Christine Pfund
Christine Pfund, PhD, is a researcher with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW). Dr. Pfund earned her PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology, followed by postdoctoral research in Plant Pathology, both at University of Wisconsin-Madison. For almost a decade, Dr. Pfund served as the Associated Director of the Delta Program in Research, Teaching, and Learning and the codirector of the Wisconsin Program for Scientific Teaching, helping to train future faculty to become better, more effective teachers. Dr. Pfund is now conducting research with several programs across the UW campus, including the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the Center for Women’s Health Research. Her work focuses on developing, implementing, documenting, and studying research mentor-training interventions across science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). Dr. Pfund coauthored the original Entering Mentoring curriculum and coauthored several papers documenting the effectiveness of this approach. Currently, Dr. Pfund is coleading two studies focused on the impact of training on both mentors and mentees and understanding specific factors in mentoring relationships that account for positive student outcomes.

Janet L. Branchaw
Janet L. Branchaw is an Assistant Professor of Kinesiology in the School of Education and the Faculty Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement (WISCIENCE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison). She earned her B.S. in Zoology from Iowa State University and her Ph.D. in Physiology with a focus on cellular neurophysiology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After completing postdoctoral training and a lectureship in undergraduate and medical physiology at the UW–Madison’s School of Medicine, she joined the University’s then Center for Biology Education, which she now directs as WISCIENCE. Her research as a faculty member in the Department of Kinesiology and her programming work at the Institute focus on the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative approaches to undergraduate science education, with a special emphasis on undergraduate research, assessment of student learning, and broadening participation in science. In addition to developing the Entering Research curriculum, she has developed a curriculum to train research mentors, Entering Mentoring, and led the development and validation of the Entering Research Learning Assessment (ERLA). She has developed and directed Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) and Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (URM) programs funded by the National Science Foundation and served as the Chairperson of the Biology REU Leadership Council as well as a member of the 2017 National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s consensus committee on Undergraduate Research in STEM. She served as the Associate Director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Research Mentoring Network’s (NRMN) Mentorship Training Core and currently oversees Mentee Training Initiatives at the UW–Madison’s Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER). Most recently she is leading UW–Madison’s Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inclusive Excellence project to catalyze institutional change to support 2- to 4-year STEM transfer students.

Jo Handelsman

Entering Mentoring
First Edition| 2015
Christine Pfund; Janet Branchaw; Jo Handelsman
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