ABSTRACT
In New Zealand, the traditional and dominant rugby mentoring culture often considers that mentees have little to contribute to their own development. Instead, it is assumed that the mentor, as the ‘gatekeeper’ of knowledge, simply ‘transmits’ their knowledge and experiences. Through a process of cultural reproduction, this traditional ‘transmission’ culture simply reproduces and validates itself. However, contemporary research challenges this traditional notion and proposes alternative viewpoints. In this chapter, the authors promote the use of critical and humanistic perspectives, in the form of the ‘R.E.V.I.E.W.’ process, to empower mentees to gain control of the direction of their own learning and development.
