E-Mentoring Across National Boundaries
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Keywords
technology, mentoring, youth with disabilities
Abstract
Computer-based mentorship, or e-mentorship, is a beneficial mentoring technique that promotes independence and self-efficacy among the individuals being mentored, with and without a disability1 (McDonald, Balcazar & Keys, 2005; Smith, 2008; Stumbo et al., 2010). E-mentorship increases and broadens the individual's communication and social skills and increases knowledge about overcoming community participation barriers. It also increases the visibility of individuals with disabilities by integrating them with the non-disabled, and allowing both sides to share views and experiences. Before introducing face-to-face programs, introducing an e-mentoring program will help build and empower youth2 with disabilities in one country by using an existing mentor group based in a different country and the active resources of a traditional mentorship program committed to these activities. E-mentoring has the potential to expand mentorship programs from more economically developed western industrialized countries (such as UK or USA) to developing countries: across boundaries.
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Burgstahler, S. (1997). Peer support: What role can the internet play? Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities, 4(4). Retrieved from www.easi.cc/itd/volume4/number4/article2.html
Burgstahler, S., & Cronheim, D. (2001). Supporting peer-peer and mentor-protégé relationships on the internet. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 34(1), 59-74. Retrieved from http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb/jrte.01.html.
Burgstahler, S., & Crawford, L. (2007). Managing an e-mentoring community to support students with disabilities: A case study. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Journal, 15(2), 97-114. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/19814/article_19814.pdf
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Crutcher, B. N. (2007). Mentoring across cultures. Academe-Bullettin of the American
Association of University Professors, 93(4), 44-48. Retrieved from http://azlend.peds.arizona.edu/sites/azlend.peds.arizona.edu/files/pdfs/Week%206-2_Crutcher%20Mentoring%20Across%20Cultures.pdf
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http://www1.extension.umn.edu/youth/docs/gender-ethnicity-development-risk.pdf
Dees, J. G. (1998). Enterprising Nonprofits. Harvard Business Review, 76, 54-69. Retrieved from http://www.uic.edu/sph/phtpg/Content/Reading%20Room/Articles/Dees%20Enterprising%20Nonprofits.pdfFilmer, D. (2008). Disability, poverty, and schooling in developing countries: Results from 14 household surveys. The World Bank Economic Review, 22(1), 141–163. Retrieved from https://openknowledge.worldbank.com/bitstream/handle/10986/4475/wber_22_1_141.pdf?sequence=1
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Ligorio, M. B., & Van Veen, K. (2006). Constructing a successful cross- national virtual learning environment in primary and secondary education. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Journal, 14(2), 103-128. Retrieved from http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/ualturki/Digital%20Library/Constructing%20a%20Successful%20Cross-National%20Virtual%20Learning%20Environment%20in%20Primary%20and%20Secondary%20Education.pdf
Mersland, R. (2005). Microcredit for self-employed disabled persons in developing countries. Retrieved from http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2068/
McDonald, K. E., Balcazar, F. E., & Keys, C.B. (2005). Youth with disabilities. In D. L. DuBois & M. J. Karcher (Eds.), Handbook of youth mentoring (pp. 493-507). Sage Publications. Retrieved from http://www.uk.sagepub.com/gargiulo4emedia/study/chapters/handbook/handbook1.1.pdf
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Mezias, J. M., & Scandura, T. A. (2005). A needs-driven approach to expatriate adjustment and career development: A multiple mentoring perspective. Journal of International Business Studies, 36, 519-538. Retrieved from http://gracelindesigns.com/dawn/files/mentoring/Mesias_Scandura_JIBS_2005.pdf
McGuire, J. M., Scott, S. S., & Shaw, S. F. (2003). Universal design for instruction: The paradigm, its principles, and products for enhancing instructional access. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 17(1), 11-21. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ875999.pdf
Park, J., Turnbull, A. P., & Turnbull, H. R. (2002). Impacts of poverty on quality of life in families of children with disabilities. Exceptional children, 68(2), 151-170. Retrieved from http://cec.metapress.com/content/d70331247mm11432/
Rivas-Drake, D., Seaton, E. K., Markstrom, C., Quintana, S., Syed, M., Lee, R. M., ... Yip, T., & Ethnic and Racial Identity in the 21st Century Study Group. (2014). Ethnic and racial identity in adolescence: Implications for psychosocial, academic, and health outcomes. Child Development, 85(1), 40–57. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/cdev.12200/asset/cdev12200.pdf?v=1&t=i0morpcs&s=92cd98c06c2aa5f65e1bab37f874555093243660
Sheldon, A. (2005). One world, one people, one struggle? Towards the global implementation of the social model of disability. In C. Barnes & G. Mercer (Eds.), The social model of disability: Europe and the majority world (pp. 115-130). Leeds: The Disability Press. Retrieved from http://disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk/files/library/Barnes-emw-Chapter-8.pdf
Singh, G. (2010). We write better together: E-mentoring to induct developing country researchers into scientific literacy practices. Paper presented at The Fifth International Conference of Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC). Retrieved from http://linc.mit.edu/linc2010/proceedings/session12SINGH.pdf
Smith-Jentsch, K. A., Scielzo, S. A., Yarbrough, C. S., & Rosopa, P. J.(2008). A comparison of face-to-face and electronic peer-mentoring: Interactions with mentor gender. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 72, 193–206. Retrieved from http://psychology.cos.ucf.edu/twd/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Smith-Jentsch-et-al.-2008-A-Comparison-of-face-to-face-and-electronic-peer-mentoring-Interactions-with-mentor-gender.pdf
Spencer, R. (2006). Understanding the mentoring process between adolescents and adults. Youth Society, 37(3), 287-315. Retrieved from http://www.vamentoring.org/images/uploads/resources/Spencer_Understanding_the_Mentoring_Process_between_Adolescents_and_Adults_2006.pdf
Stumbo N. J., Martin J. K., Nordstrom D., Rolfe T., Burgstahler S., Whitney J., … Misquez E. (2010). Evidence-based practices in mentoring students with disabilities: Four case studies. Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 14(1), 33-54. Retrieved from http://scholarworks.rit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=jsesd
Sword, C., & Hill, K. (2002). Issue brief: Creating mentoring opportunities for youth with disabilities: Issues and suggested strategies. Retrieved from http://www.ncset.org/publications/issue/NCSETIssueBrief_1.4.pdf
Thomas, D. A. (2001). The truth about mentoring minorities. Race matters. Harvard Business Review, 79(4), 98-107, 168. Retrieved from http://chem-faculty.lsu.edu/mccarley/new/mccarley/TheTruthAboutMentoringMinorities.pdf
UNICEF. (2007). Promoting the rights of children with disabilities. Innocenti Digest, 13, 1-71. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/children_disability_rights.pdf
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Juan Martin Botero
Juan Martín Botero was born in Colombia. He lives in the United States of America. He lives with neuromuscular degenerative disability. He has a BS in Software Engineering from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia and a master’s of liberal arts in Anthropology and Archaeology from Harvard University. He recently completed a Certificate in Disability and Diversity Studies from the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.