Supervision and mentoring in higher education: dynamics of success

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Based on the inherent benchmark of mentoring and perceptoring, and conscious of the challenge of reducing the estimated school dropout rate of 12% for the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV), the main aim of the project Su-pervision and Mentoring in Higher Education Dynamics of Success (SuperES) is to promote the development of pedagogical supervision skills with focus on teacher - student dyads, and thus enhance the quality of teaching in the IPV. The direct beneficiaries are the IPV assistants, and subsequently the students, who will benefit from a pedagogical didactic literacy program (Cunha et al., 2017). Objective: To promote the pedagogical supervision skills of the IPV assistants, which can reduce failure and school dropouts. Methods: The sample will consist of approximately 210 assistants and 900 students. The methodology is based on an experimental research with two groups the expe-rimental group, which will receive training, and the control group. To monitor the effectiveness of the program, a battery of questionnaires will be applied before and after its implementation. Results and discussion: Of the 17 activities executed, the evaluation of the pedagogi-cal supervision skills is highlighted. They are (I) the construction/implementation/evaluation of the SuperES Program; (II) the construction of a computer platform/website - Didactics & School Supervision Caixa Geral de Ajudas; (III) the creation of a tool, "Supervision +", used for the self-monitoring of pedagogical skills. Conclusions: The Super ES program integrates a research action that aims to implement/test training and research tools on the process of pedagogical supervision

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