Cavell as Mentor

Edith Cavell

Several of them are well known: C. W. Hufeland's, 'Begriffund Wesen der Krankheit' (1975); Virchow's, 'Tber die heutige Stellung der Pathologie' (1869); Ribbert's, 'Das Wesen der Krankheiten' (1909); Canguilhem's, 'Essai sur quelques problemes concernant le normal et le pathologique' (1950); Freud's, 'Die Arzt und der Kranke' (1927); Rather's, 'Zur Philosophie des Begriffs "Krankheit"' (1958); ...

Using Stanley Cavell

Mentoring as professional development: ‘Growth for both’ mentor and mentee

Teachers need professional development to keep current with teaching practices; although costs for extensive professional development can be prohibitive across an education system. Mentoring provides one way for embedding cost-effective professional development. This mixed method study includes surveying mentor teachers (n=101) on a five part Likert scale and interviews with experienced mentors...

Sounding Shakespeare: Acts of Reading in Cavell and Derrida

Get yourself a mentor.

The article by Stamm and Buddeberg-Fischer underscores the importance of mentors in medical education. These researchers followed a cohort of Germanspeaking Swiss resident doctors during postgraduate specialty training. The researchers found a compelling relationship between having one or more mentors and both subjective and objective career success. Previous studies have also reported positive...