Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Glossary of terms; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What this monograph is about; 1.2 The new way of being together; 1.3 Mentoring; The definition of mentoring; The purpose of mentoring; Types of mentoring; The benefits of mentoring; What is effective mentoring?; What makes a good mentor?; The mentors and mentoring in this research; The mentees -- early childhood beginning teachers; 1.4 Social media, Facebook and our changing sense of being; The phenomenon of social media
Who are we really? Heidegger's challenge to our virtual identity1.5 Social media and the early childhood teaching sector; References; 2 Exploring the problem; 2.1 The exploration; 2.2 Phenomenology; Researcher as participant; Research design using phenomenological methods; Methods; Links to the rest of the research; Justification of using phenomenology in mixed-methods; Participants; Thematic analysis; References; 3 What is actually happening on Facebook?; Revealing the phenomenon; 3.1 Analysis of Facebook pages; 3.2 Latent versus manifest data from dialogue-in-text
3.3 Hot topics, sharing, emotionally driven expressions and unexpected phenomenaCoding: emerging themes in dialogue; Coding: emerging nature of dialogue; 3.4 Helpful mentoring; 3.5 Condescending and conflicting mentoring; 3.6 Unexpected phenomena; Discussions about mentoring; Unresponsive mentoring versus mentoring in abstract thinking; Rants about theory and practice; References; 4 Implications for future EC teachers; 4.1 Facebook culture in the early childhood sector; 4.2 Destabilisation in the virtual world of mentoring; 4.3 Intentionality: what are you doing here?; References
5 Future impact5.1 Conclusive statements and recommendations; Is Facebook just a platform for ranting?; Is it about gratification?; Is the intentionality behind mentoring authentic?; Is the engagement on Facebook destabilising the profession?; 5.2 What impact is it really having?; The impact on the mentor; The impact on the mentee; 5.3 The next phase of research; References; Index
