Abstract
ABSTRACT This study explores the challenges and benefits of experienced recent graduates serving as online mentors for teacher education students by using synchronous videoconferencing. The innovative idea originated from the phenomenon that current teacher education students are likely to face several challenges owing to changes in the teacher education system that veteran teachers have not experienced in their career. An online mentoring programme was developed and implemented, during which 15 teacher education students and 7 experienced recent graduates of the same university were paired. By using synchronous videoconferencing, many doubts in the minds of the teacher education students were clarified. Moreover, the experienced recent graduates found that the questions posed to them by the mentees spurred them to reflect on their own educational problems. Graduates experienced in specific career preparation do not replace but offer a supplement to the deficiencies of current mentorship system.
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