Transformational Mentoring Experiences for First Nations Young People: A Scoping Review ...

• Main Authors: McMahon, Mishel, Chisholm, Michael, Yenara, Aldara, Garling, Tanya, Vogels, Werner, Van-Vuuren, Julia, Modderman, Corina
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: La Trobe 2023
• Subjects: Human society; Policy and administration; Social work; Indigenous studies; First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26181/22708264.v1; https://opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/journal_contribution/Transformational_Mentoring_Experiences_for_First_Nations_Young_People_A_Scoping_Review/22708264/1

While Aboriginal youth mentoring has been used as a teaching process for thousands of years and the tradition continues, little attention has been paid to documenting what elements make learning experiences transformational. As part of the evaluation of the Aldara Yenara mentoring program, this Aboriginal-led scoping review examined literature about transformational mentoring programs from Canada, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to understand their key elements and provide guidance for future research and practice. The use of relational mapping was applied in an attempt to locate literature written by Aboriginal scholars including grey literature. Twenty-seven documents were reviewed including 20 from the peer-reviewed literature and seven acquired through the relational mapping. A total of 13 met the inclusion criteria, predominantly written by non-Aboriginal authors. Four distinct themes emerged and informed our narrative synthesis. Absent in this material, largely neither led nor owned by Aboriginal ...