Dear Rosalind  <br>(and All across 2 BERA lists. Sorry for duplicated posting if you belong to both)<br><br>Yours are such superb questions both in relation to understanding mentoring in ITT and other contexts including 'research mentoring'. I have combined lists so we draw on everyone's expertise - and a new strand to focus on your questions, <br><br>Sarah<br><br><b><i>Rosalind Rice &lt;<a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind0710%26L%3DMENTORING-COACHING%26E%3D8bit%26P%3D24620%26B%3D--0-855308219-1191327574%253D%253A39587%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Diso-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style><div>&nbsp;"What are the influences on  mentors' in practice?" and<br>"What are their personal theories, and what  are they made up from?"<br></div></blockquote><br><BR><BR>Sarah Fletcher<br><br>Consultant Research Mentor <br>Company Name:
 Mentor2Mentor<br><br>http://www.TeacherResearch.net<br>Convenor for BERA's Mentoring and Coaching SIG