Mentor

With a new introduction and afterword, this revised second edition is a practical, engaging exploration of mentoring and its power to transform learning. Filled with inspiring vignettes, Mentor shows how anyone who teaches can become a successful mentor to students. Topics covered include adult learning and development; the search for meaning as a motive for learning; education as a transformational journey; how adults change and develop; how learning changes the learner; barriers and incentives to learning and growth; and guiding adults through difficult transitions.

Foreword v
Lois Zachary

Preface to the Original Edition ix

Preface xix

The Author xxxi

Part One: Adult Learning as Development

1 First Shards: The Search for Meaning as a Motive for Learning 3

2 Mentors, Myths, and Metamorphosis: Education as a Transformational Journey 17

3 Maps of Transformation: How Adults Change and Develop 43

Part Two: Learning as a Transformative Journey

4 The Deep and Savage Way: The Unsettling First Steps of an Educational Journey 89

5 The Dynamic of Transformation: How Learning Changes the Learner 125

6 Returning Home: Helping Adults Integrate New Insights 147

Part Three: Fostering Adult Learning

7 The Ecology of Adult Learning: Barriers and Incentives to Learning and Growth 181

8 The Yoda Factor: Guiding Adults Through Difficult Transitions 203

9 The Art of the Mentor: Limits and Possibilities 231

Afterword 249

Notes 263

References 269

Appendix 279

Index 281

Laurent A. Daloz is an associate director and faculty member at the Whidbey Institute, a learning center on Whidbey Island, Washington. He served as mentor to adult students for many years as faculty with the Norwich University Adult Degree Program, the Johnson College External Degree Program, and the Lesley College Intensive Residency Option.