ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the role of the mentor and science teacher development. It addresses two fundamental questions: what is involved in becoming a science teacher and what does being a mentor to student science teachers involve? It has been written specifically for science teachers (the mentors) but it may also be useful for teachers responsible for student teachers in a wholeschool context. The chapter begins with a section on teacher development. This is followed by a section on the role of the mentor in which three key actions of mentoring are discussed: team teaching, observing and debriefing. A third section looks at issues which are specific to the training of teachers of science. The fourth section looks at issues related to working with mature students.
