MENTORING AND TRAINING OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING STAFF

The transition to an academic career represents a critical stage in the professional development of young teaching staff, characterized by complex challenges that require specialized support and professional guidance. In the current context of higher education, marked by structural transformation...

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Main Authors: Alexandrina Mihaela POPESCU, Andreea Aurora Maria BUGA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitaria Publishing House, Craiova 2025-06-01
Series:Analele Universităţii din Craiova. Psihologie, Pedagogie
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Online Access:https://aucpp.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/24.POPESCU_AM_BUGA_AAM_AUC_PP_2025_no_47_issue_1_pp_322-331.pdf
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description The transition to an academic career represents a critical stage in the professional development of young teaching staff, characterized by complex challenges that require specialized support and professional guidance. In the current context of higher education, marked by structural transformations and increasing pressures, mentoring must be viewed as a fundamental necessity for ensuring the success and retention of new members of the university teaching staff. The contemporary academic environment faces unprecedented challenges that particularly affect young teaching staff. Recent research highlights significant deficiencies in support systems for young teaching staff. Empirical studies consistently demonstrate the benefits of mentoring for academic career development. Meta-analyses show that mentoring can improve research productivity, enhance teaching effectiveness, and increase retention and recruitment of young university teaching staff. Investment in research and development of mentoring for young teaching staff has direct implications for the quality of the entire higher education system. Wellmentored teaching staff integrated into the academic community will be more efficient in all aspects of their professional activity: teaching, research, and community service. Research on mentoring young university teaching staff entering higher education represents not only a theoretical necessity but a practical urgency based on: the growing challenges of the contemporary academic environment, the clear benefits of mentoring on career success, and the current lack of models and programs adapted to contemporary realities.
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spelling doaj-art-9ac06c2cd24c47beba07c47b055ec1422025-08-20T03:14:35ZengUniversitaria Publishing House, CraiovaAnalele Universităţii din Craiova. Psihologie, Pedagogie1582-313X2668-66782025-06-0147132233110.52846/AUCPP.2025.1.24MENTORING AND TRAINING OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING STAFFAlexandrina Mihaela POPESCU0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-3941Andreea Aurora Maria BUGA1https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6410-7305University of Craiova, RomaniaUniversity of Craiova, RomaniaThe transition to an academic career represents a critical stage in the professional development of young teaching staff, characterized by complex challenges that require specialized support and professional guidance. In the current context of higher education, marked by structural transformations and increasing pressures, mentoring must be viewed as a fundamental necessity for ensuring the success and retention of new members of the university teaching staff. The contemporary academic environment faces unprecedented challenges that particularly affect young teaching staff. Recent research highlights significant deficiencies in support systems for young teaching staff. Empirical studies consistently demonstrate the benefits of mentoring for academic career development. Meta-analyses show that mentoring can improve research productivity, enhance teaching effectiveness, and increase retention and recruitment of young university teaching staff. Investment in research and development of mentoring for young teaching staff has direct implications for the quality of the entire higher education system. Wellmentored teaching staff integrated into the academic community will be more efficient in all aspects of their professional activity: teaching, research, and community service. Research on mentoring young university teaching staff entering higher education represents not only a theoretical necessity but a practical urgency based on: the growing challenges of the contemporary academic environment, the clear benefits of mentoring on career success, and the current lack of models and programs adapted to contemporary realities. https://aucpp.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/24.POPESCU_AM_BUGA_AAM_AUC_PP_2025_no_47_issue_1_pp_322-331.pdfmentoringuniversity teaching careertrainingprofessional development.
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university teaching career
training
professional development.
title MENTORING AND TRAINING OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING STAFF
title_full MENTORING AND TRAINING OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING STAFF
title_fullStr MENTORING AND TRAINING OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING STAFF
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title_short MENTORING AND TRAINING OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING STAFF
title_sort mentoring and training of university teaching staff
topic mentoring
university teaching career
training
professional development.
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