A Critical View of Youth Mentoring - Jean E. Rhodes

Mentoring has become an almost essential aspect of youth development and is expanding beyond the traditional one–to–one, volunteer, community–based mentoring. This volume provides evidence of the benefits of enduring high–quality mentoring programs, as well as apprenticeships, advisories, and other relationship–based programs that show considerable promise. Authors examine mentoring in the workplace, teacher–student interaction, and the mentoring potential of student advising programs. They also take a critical look at the importance of youth–adult relationships and how a deeper understanding of these relationships can benefit youth mentoring. This issue raises important questions about relationship–based interventions and generates new perspectives on the role of adults in the lives of youth.