Mentoring Motivations in Formal Mentoring Programmes within the Practicum Programmes in Kazakhstan

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Title: Mentoring Motivations in Formal Mentoring Programmes within the Practicum Programmes in Kazakhstan
Language: English
Authors: Lyazat Turmukhambetova (ORCID 0000-0003-4817-9524), Tsediso Michael Makoelle
Source: Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. 2026 34(2):192-219.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 28
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Mentors, Practicums, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Practicum Supervision, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Experience, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Educators, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Cooperating Teachers, College School Cooperation, Student Teachers, Student Teaching
Geographic Terms: Kazakhstan
DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2025.2605234
ISSN: 1361-1267
1469-9745
Abstract: This study investigated the motivations and challenges of mentoring within the initial teacher education practicum programme in two selected cases of initial teacher education institutions and their partnering schools in Kazakhstan. This qualitative-multiple cases study used a theoretical framing of relational motives proposed by Janssen et al. (2014) as a lens, was conducted through twenty-three semi-structured one-on-one interviews, one paired interview, four focus groups from mentors, students, practicum advisors and senior faculty along with the document analysis. The findings indicate that mentors predominantly pursue intrinsic motivations when they take up the mentoring role. The role was also accompanied by several challenges, represented in the lack of extrinsic incentives (low salary and prestige and high level of workload) along with the unsatisfactory quality of the student teachers coming to the practicum.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1505763
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This study investigated the motivations and challenges of mentoring within the initial teacher education practicum programme in two selected cases of initial teacher education institutions and their partnering schools in Kazakhstan. This qualitative-multiple cases study used a theoretical framing of relational motives proposed by Janssen et al. (2014) as a lens, was conducted through twenty-three semi-structured one-on-one interviews, one paired interview, four focus groups from mentors, students, practicum advisors and senior faculty along with the document analysis. The findings indicate that mentors predominantly pursue intrinsic motivations when they take up the mentoring role. The role was also accompanied by several challenges, represented in the lack of extrinsic incentives (low salary and prestige and high level of workload) along with the unsatisfactory quality of the student teachers coming to the practicum.
ISSN:1361-1267
1469-9745
DOI:10.1080/13611267.2025.2605234