View in EDS

A Secret Society of Readers: College-Age Mentors' Literacy Experiences with Young Adolescent Mentees

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: A Secret Society of Readers: College-Age Mentors' Literacy Experiences with Young Adolescent Mentees
Language: English
Authors: Lindsay Persohn, Dulcey B. Hunter, Chelsea Rivera, Karyn Z. Mendez, Cheryl R. Ellerbrock, Lucy Monette
Source: Journal of Global Education and Research. 2025 9(2):125-138.
Availability: University of South Florida M3 Center. 8350 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243. Tel: 941-359-4563; Fax: 610-500-5092; e-mail: info@jger.us; Web site: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jger/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Secondary Education
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Elementary Education
Grade 5
Intermediate Grades
Grade 6
Grade 7
Descriptors: Middle School Students, At Risk Students, Reading Instruction, Peer Teaching, Mentors, College Students, Student Attitudes, Reading Skills, Program Effectiveness, Group Dynamics, Self Concept, Reading Interests, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
ISSN: 2577-5081
2577-509X
Abstract: This study occurred within Year One and Year Two of an ongoing literacy initiative designed to build reader identities among underserved middle school students. Using a near-peer mentoring model, mentees were paired with college-student mentors to interact weekly around books and reading. Reader interests and identities are influenced by affective and relational approaches through mentored reading experiences and a variety of texts. This qualitative case study (n = 11 of 24 Year One and n = 13 of 37 Year Two mentors) aimed to identify the ways mentor/mentee relationships affect reader interests, attitudes, and skills, and to evaluate the initiative. We codified key themes in the interview data and identified ideas that were recurrent and reinforced. We assert that near-peer relationships were central, group dynamics matter, reader interests and identities were key, reader identities were (re)discovered, and time proved both structural and relational. Literacy practices through mentored reading experiences compel us to consider how interactions with texts and each other shape who we are and who we become.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1486296
Database: ERIC
FullText Text:
  Availability: 0
CustomLinks:
  – Url: https://eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=EJ1486296
    Name: ERIC Full Text
    Category: fullText
    Text: Full Text from ERIC
Header DbId: eric
DbLabel: ERIC
An: EJ1486296
AccessLevel: 3
PubType: Academic Journal
PubTypeId: academicJournal
PreciseRelevancyScore: 0
IllustrationInfo
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: A Secret Society of Readers: College-Age Mentors' Literacy Experiences with Young Adolescent Mentees
– Name: Language
  Label: Language
  Group: Lang
  Data: English
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Lindsay+Persohn%22">Lindsay Persohn</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Dulcey+B%2E+Hunter%22">Dulcey B. Hunter</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Chelsea+Rivera%22">Chelsea Rivera</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Karyn+Z%2E+Mendez%22">Karyn Z. Mendez</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Cheryl+R%2E+Ellerbrock%22">Cheryl R. Ellerbrock</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Lucy+Monette%22">Lucy Monette</searchLink>
– Name: TitleSource
  Label: Source
  Group: Src
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="SO" term="%22Journal+of+Global+Education+and+Research%22"><i>Journal of Global Education and Research</i></searchLink>. 2025 9(2):125-138.
– Name: Avail
  Label: Availability
  Group: Avail
  Data: University of South Florida M3 Center. 8350 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243. Tel: 941-359-4563; Fax: 610-500-5092; e-mail: info@jger.us; Web site: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jger/
– Name: PeerReviewed
  Label: Peer Reviewed
  Group: SrcInfo
  Data: Y
– Name: Pages
  Label: Page Count
  Group: Src
  Data: 16
– Name: DatePubCY
  Label: Publication Date
  Group: Date
  Data: 2025
– Name: TypeDocument
  Label: Document Type
  Group: TypDoc
  Data: Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
– Name: Audience
  Label: Education Level
  Group: Audnce
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Junior+High+Schools%22">Junior High Schools</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Middle+Schools%22">Middle Schools</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Secondary+Education%22">Secondary Education</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Higher+Education%22">Higher Education</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Postsecondary+Education%22">Postsecondary Education</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Elementary+Education%22">Elementary Education</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Grade+5%22">Grade 5</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Intermediate+Grades%22">Intermediate Grades</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Grade+6%22">Grade 6</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Grade+7%22">Grade 7</searchLink>
– Name: Subject
  Label: Descriptors
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Middle+School+Students%22">Middle School Students</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22At+Risk+Students%22">At Risk Students</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Reading+Instruction%22">Reading Instruction</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Peer+Teaching%22">Peer Teaching</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Mentors%22">Mentors</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22College+Students%22">College Students</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Student+Attitudes%22">Student Attitudes</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Reading+Skills%22">Reading Skills</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Program+Effectiveness%22">Program Effectiveness</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Group+Dynamics%22">Group Dynamics</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Self+Concept%22">Self Concept</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Reading+Interests%22">Reading Interests</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Grade+5%22">Grade 5</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Grade+6%22">Grade 6</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Grade+7%22">Grade 7</searchLink>
– Name: ISSN
  Label: ISSN
  Group: ISSN
  Data: 2577-5081<br />2577-509X
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Abstract
  Group: Ab
  Data: This study occurred within Year One and Year Two of an ongoing literacy initiative designed to build reader identities among underserved middle school students. Using a near-peer mentoring model, mentees were paired with college-student mentors to interact weekly around books and reading. Reader interests and identities are influenced by affective and relational approaches through mentored reading experiences and a variety of texts. This qualitative case study (n = 11 of 24 Year One and n = 13 of 37 Year Two mentors) aimed to identify the ways mentor/mentee relationships affect reader interests, attitudes, and skills, and to evaluate the initiative. We codified key themes in the interview data and identified ideas that were recurrent and reinforced. We assert that near-peer relationships were central, group dynamics matter, reader interests and identities were key, reader identities were (re)discovered, and time proved both structural and relational. Literacy practices through mentored reading experiences compel us to consider how interactions with texts and each other shape who we are and who we become.
– Name: AbstractInfo
  Label: Abstractor
  Group: Ab
  Data: As Provided
– Name: DateEntry
  Label: Entry Date
  Group: Date
  Data: 2025
– Name: AN
  Label: Accession Number
  Group: ID
  Data: EJ1486296
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=EJ1486296
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Languages:
      – Text: English
    PhysicalDescription:
      Pagination:
        PageCount: 16
        StartPage: 125
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Middle School Students
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: At Risk Students
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Reading Instruction
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Peer Teaching
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Mentors
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: College Students
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Student Attitudes
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Reading Skills
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Program Effectiveness
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Group Dynamics
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Self Concept
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Reading Interests
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Grade 5
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Grade 6
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Grade 7
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: A Secret Society of Readers: College-Age Mentors' Literacy Experiences with Young Adolescent Mentees
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Lindsay Persohn
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Dulcey B. Hunter
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Chelsea Rivera
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Karyn Z. Mendez
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Cheryl R. Ellerbrock
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Lucy Monette
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2025
          Identifiers:
            – Type: issn-print
              Value: 2577-5081
            – Type: issn-electronic
              Value: 2577-509X
          Numbering:
            – Type: volume
              Value: 9
            – Type: issue
              Value: 2
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Journal of Global Education and Research
              Type: main
ResultId 1