Mentorship practices and the social learning of novice lecturers at a university in Johannesburg

Abstract: The novice academic has served higher education institutions for a long time. These individuals are, due to the very nature of their positions, often thrown in the deep end of academia and given the intimidating task of lecturing in an environment that they only knew as students. Very often, they are told to get on with the business of teaching with very little or no support from institutional heads or from new, more experienced colleagues. As a result, such neophytes often feel marginalised from full participation in such a community of practice...Ph.D. (Education