TY - BOOK AU - Dean,Donna J. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Getting the Most out of your Mentoring Relationships: A Handbook for Women in STEM T2 - Mentoring in Academia and Industry SN - 9780387924090 U1 - 50 23 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, NY PB - Springer New York KW - SCIENCE (GENERAL) KW - MEDICINE KW - LIFE SCIENCES KW - SCIENCE, GENERAL KW - LIFE SCIENCES, GENERAL KW - BIOMEDICINE GENERAL KW - LEARNING & INSTRUCTION KW - TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION N1 - How to Use This Guide -- What Is Mentoring? -- Preparing to be Mentored -- Mentoring Relationships -- Changing Dynamics, Changing Needs -- Career and Life Transitions -- Navigating Interpersonal Contexts -- Starting Out with the Right Education -- Moving Toward Career Success -- Voices of Experience -- Provocative Thoughts for a Better Future -- Resources N2 - Mentorship practice has been part of the human experience since the Golden Age of Greece. Engaging with a mentor as a way to learn and achieve one's full potential is an ancient and respected practice. Getting the Most out of your Mentoring Relationships overviews and gives perspectives on a variety of topics and issues relating to being mentored in the diverse fields encompassed by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are laid out in an easy-to-scan format. This book is meant to serve as a handbook in times of need when a few moments of reflection and perspective would be highly useful UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92409-0 ER -