Mentoring Within and Beyond Academia: Achieving the SDGs

Mentoring Within and Beyond Academia explores the role and value of mentoring within and beyond higher education contexts, focusing on SDG-related topics. It offers scenarios to facilitate impactful mentoring practice and suggests how to support a fuller and more equitable organizational learning culture in universities.

Format: Hardback
Length: 152 pages
Publication date: 06 December 2023
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

Mentoring Within and Beyond Academia delves into the significance and benefits of mentoring within and beyond the realm of higher education. Through a series of five mentoring conversations centered around Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as quality education, gender equality, climate action, and sustainable cities and communities, the book showcases the interconnectedness between professional academic development and its impact beyond the confines of campus walls.

In the opening chapter, the authors emphasize the enduring relevance of mentoring in a world that has been profoundly shaped by the pandemic. They present several scenarios designed to facilitate impactful mentoring practices, including the "flipping of roles," which encourages academics to adopt the perspective of learners and mentees, enabling them to empathize with the vulnerable positions from which learners engage.

By promoting greater transparency in the mentoring process, Mentoring Within and Beyond Academia offers practical insights on how universities can foster a more inclusive and equitable organizational learning culture. This aligns with the universities' commitment to respond to the evolving needs of society, both present and future.

This book appeals to a diverse audience, including scholars and practitioners in the field of Higher Education Studies, as well as those with academic backgrounds in business/leadership and organizational learning. It also holds relevance for broader non-academic audiences interested in understanding the role of mentoring in personal and professional development.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781837975662