AMP: Mentoring and Advising Platform to Foster Learning

Fifty years of mentoring and advising

Advancement of science depends on thoughtfully mentoring a rare group of scientists that are highly educated, creative, and motivated-and that come from every country in the world. On the basis of my own experiences, I suggest ways to recruit top young scientists of both genders, support their development into leading researchers, and advise them about careers inside and outside of academia. Cr...

Involved or Committed? Similarities and Differences in Advising and Mentoring in the Academic and Business World

Ever since Odysseus, King of Ithaca, left to fight in the Trojan War and entrusted his friend, Mentor, to care for and educate his son, academic mentors have guided, educated, trained, and encouraged protégés in their academic development. As with Mentor and his protégé, mentoring relationships evolve over time in a predictable pattern and certain behaviors are necessary to initiate and sustain...

Practice–Research Partnerships and Mentoring to Foster Evidence-Based Decision Making

When practitioners take an evidence-based approach to chronic disease prevention, they undertake several important processes (1): 1) making decisions based on the best available scientific and rigorous program evaluation evidence; 2) applying program planning and quality improvement frameworks; 3) engaging the community and stakeholders in assessment and decision making; 4) adapting evidence-ba...

Simulating Technology Processes to Foster Learning

Nira Krumholtz A view of technology processes in human endeavors has guided me and my colleagues to produce a model of these processes. In turn, the model combined with learning and instruction theory has influenced decisions on how students should be taught science and technology subject matter. This article discusses the model and its underlying rationale. Then a brief review of learning theo...

Adaptive MOOCs to Foster Personalized Learning