Donaldson, Kenneth
(2019)
Critical Mentoring in Urban Contexts: Culturally Embracing School-Community Collaborative Partnerships.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Mentoring programs regularly discuss the positive academic, developmental, and socioemotional outcomes for young people who are being supported. Research around school-based mentoring shows that it has the potential to increase mentees’ self-perception, interest in academic pursuit, motivation to learn, and academic performance, prosocial attachments and trust, as well as their interpersonal skills and their ability to deal with social and emotional difficulties. However, much less attention is paid to preparing mentors who can support students, particularly marginalized and minoritized students of color, in an asset-based, equity-framed manner. This research study evaluates fifteen school-based mentors (the Heinz Fellows) who work for the Center for Urban Education at the University of Pittsburgh, supporting students in Pittsburgh Public Schools in the Hill District. Using the Opportunity Gap Framework developed by Milner (2010, 2012) to structure the program, train and develop the mentors, and evaluate findings, pre-and post-survey results showed that the Fellows’ perceived attitudes, beliefs, thoughts, and dispositions as a group increased in alignment with the Opportunity Gap Framework. These perceived mindset shifts occurred due to five major activities in the program: (1) critical race reflection, (2) context observations of cultural discontinuity, (3) critical institutionalism, (4) critical mentoring practices, and (5) exposure to research and lectures around equity and culturally relevant practices.
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| Item Type: |
University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
| Creators/Authors: |
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| ETD Committee: |
| Title | Member | Email Address | Pitt Username | ORCID |
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| Committee Chair | Perry, Jill | | | | | Committee Member | Howard, Tyrone | | | | | Committee Member | Delale-O'Connor, Lori | | | |
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| Date: |
25 September 2019 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
1 August 2019 |
| Approval Date: |
25 September 2019 |
| Submission Date: |
4 September 2019 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
110 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Education > Administrative and Policy Studies |
| Degree: |
EdD - Doctor of Education |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
urban education
critical mentoring
equity
asset based
opportunity gap |
| Date Deposited: |
25 Sep 2019 14:36 |
| Last Modified: |
25 Sep 2019 14:36 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/37454 |
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