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The Urban Review

, Volume 36, Issue 4, pp 293–308 | Cite as

Mutual Mentoring: Co-Narrating an Educative Friendship Between an Education Professor and an Urban Youth

  • Gregory J. Fritzberg
  • Aragaw Alemayehu
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Abstract

An education professor and a high school student tell the story of their mentoring relationship, focusing on the academic journey of the protégé. The narrative attempts to give voice to both mentor and protégé as it relates an authentic “win–win” situation for both participants and their families. The narrative is theoretically grounded in the literature describing co-mentoring and network mentoring arrangements that are less unilateral and authoritative, and more bi-directional and relationally-based than traditional mentoring arrangements. The authors contend that since educational achievement and attainment determine to a significant degree one’s participation in the “American Dream,” academic assistance and guidance provide a logical area of emphasis for mentoring our youth. Important recent developments in the youth mentoring movement are also discussed.

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youth mentoring educational equity college preparation immigrants multicultural education 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Seattle Pacific UniversityUSA
  2. 2.College of EducationSeattle Pacific UniversitySeattleUSA

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