Life on Both Sides of the Fence: Mentoring Versus Being Mentored
Physics Education
2007-05-23 v1 General Mathematics
Popular Physics
Abstract
I have the rare experience of being on both sides of the mentor--undergraduate student relationship in the same program (Caltech's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, or SURF, program). In this essay, I will discuss how this background, coupled with my interdisciplinary education, has fundamentally shaped my mentoring style.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0611046,
title = {Life on Both Sides of the Fence: Mentoring Versus Being Mentored},
author = {Mason A. Porter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0611046},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
9 pages, no figures, a shortened version of this article will appear in the Proceedings of the 2006 AMS/NSA Conference on Promoting Undergraduate Research in Mathematics