Facebook Mentoring and Early Childhood Teachers

Taylor & Francis

Facebook Mentoring and Early Childhood TeachersThe Controversy in Virtual Professional Identity\nAuthor(s): Sharryn Clarke\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138681422, 978-1138681422\nSynopsis\nThis volume explores concepts of mentoring, leadership and issues faced by early childhood teachers. Foregrounded against inadequate leadership and mentoring training in this sector, this book looks at how mentoring is exercised through Facebook. Mentoring through Facebook provokes a strong sense of freedom in terms of speech and influence. The benefits for using social media in mentoring includes minimizing costs and reaching mass numbers of mentees globally where knowledge can be shared and information gained. Whilst there is also a positive and active approach to mentoring, there is the danger of mentoring that misinforms, disempowers and alienates. \n\nThis book will help active players in the early childhood sector in .