Open AccessMentoring
Author(s) -
Antony Brewerton
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
liber quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1435-5205
pISSN - 2213-056X
DOI - 10.18352/lq.7703
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , order (exchange) , capital (architecture) , linguistics , noun , psychology , history , philosophy , computer science , business , artificial intelligence , finance , archaeology
The literature contains a wide variety of definitions. The Oxford English dictionary – as you might expect – gives a classical definition: mentor. 1. a. With initial capital: The name of the Ithacan noble whose disguise the goddess Athene assumed in order to act as the guide and adviser of the young Telemachus: allusively, one who fulfils the office which the supposed Mentor fulfilled towards Telemachus. b. Hence, as common noun: An experienced and trusted counsellor. [1989]