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INSPIRING INNOVATION
EDUCATING FOR INNOVATION
SUPPORTING INNOVATION
MENTORING YOUNG INNOVATORS

Module 2: What is Mentoring?

Introduction Initial Assessment Module 1: The Promise and Potential of Mentoring Module 2: What is Mentoring? Module 3: The Predictable Cycle of Mentoring Module 4: Qualities of an Effective Mentor Module 5: Mentoring Young Innovators: Learning and Motivation Module 6: Mentoring Tips Final Assessment

Learning

What Mentoring Is Not

Module 2 Recap

Module 2 Quiz

Which of the following is the BEST definition of mentoring?

a. A learning partnership where mentor and mentee work individually to achieve specific, mutually defined goals that focus on developing the mentee’s skills, abilities, knowledge, and thinking

b. A learning partnership where mentor and mentee work together to achieve specific, mutually defined goals that focus on developing the mentee’s skills, abilities, knowledge, and thinking

c. A learning partnership where mentor and mentee work together to achieve specific, mutually defined goals that focus on developing the mentor’s skills, abilities, knowledge, and thinking

d. A learning partnership where mentor and mentee work together to achieve more general, individually defined goals that focus on developing the mentee’s skills, abilities, knowledge, and thinking

When mentoring young innovators, the BEST strategy to support mentee learning involves

a. Planning to teach critical inquiry skills

b. Taking advantage of teachable moments

c. Both a and b

d. Neither a nor b

Mentoring is NOT

a. Hand-holding

b. Formal teaching

c. Shadowing

d. All of the above

Which of the following is the MOST accurate about trust?

a. Every mentee trusts in the same way, at the same speed

b. You do not need to trust the mentee for them to trust you

c. Trust must be continuously worked at

d. A mentoring relationship does not require trust

In mentees, mentoring facilitates

a. Growth and development

b. Knowledge and thinking

c. Both a and b

d. Neither a nor b

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Module 2 Recap Module 3: The Predictable Cycle of Mentoring

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The Innovation Destination was designed and evaluated by a team from the Center for Digital Literacy at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University and developed by Data Momentum Inc, in partnership with the Connecticut Invention Convention, By Kids for Kids, New York On Tech, and over 70 school librarians and young innovators.

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