Uygulama Öğretmenlerinin Görev, Rol ve Eğitim Gereksinimlerine İlişkin Algıları

This study aims at identifying mentor teachers’ views on duties, roles and responsibilities as well as educational needs concerning mentorship. The study adopted a qualitative research methodology. 78 mentor and 22 school administrator responsible for mentorship, who how been working in various regions and 7 different districts of the country, were selected through probability based cluster sampling and the data gathered from a total of 100 participants were analyzed using descriptive analysis. The attained themes show that mentors’ responsibilities regarding prospective teachers depend on affective factors, their roles are communication and that mentors’ duties are obtaining their academic proficiencies. Besides, findings indicate that there is a need for mentor training.