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100	1	0	_aMuigua, Thomas R. _eauthor _9415025
245	0	0	_aMentoring at Strathmore University: Towards Companion Friendship
260			_bStrathmore University, _c2014-09-30T12:18:51Z.
520			_aSubmitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters of Applied Philosophy and Ethics
520			_aThis dissertation is concerned with mentoring at Strathmore University. The study developed and tested the hypothesis that mentoring at Strathmore University can be moved from status of hidden curriculum to status of official curriculum through the use of Professional Licensing and mentoring handbook. The study also looked at what exactly characterize Strathmore University's institutional culture and the place of mentoring in that culture. The study used mixed research method where; survey research method was used to get students' understanding and perception of both mentoring and Strathmore University institutional culture; philosophical method was used to offer analysis and contribution of Aristotle on friendship; while researcher's personal experiences as mentor for four and half years at Strathmore University were used in the clarification of data. The population used for the study comprised of undergraduate students at Strathmore University. The study used three data sets arising from the foresaid research methods comprising of: student's questionnaire, primary and secondary data on Aristotle's treatise on friendship and researcher's personal experiences as a mentor at Strathmore University. Friendship came out in the research findings as a major element of Strathmore University's institutional culture and a benefit of mentoring by students and hence acting as a means that can be used to improve mentoring at Strathmore University. The study spelled out how Strathmore University's institutional culture and mentoring can be enhanced by Aristotle's concept of friendship. The discussion on friendship further offered a philosophical input into mentoring at Strathmore University proposing that mentors and mentees are meant to get to the level of perfect friends or companion friends for mentoring to be effective. The study concluded that the hypothesis that mentoring at Strathmore University can be moved from status of hidden curriculum to status of official curriculum through the use of Professional Licensing and mentoring handbook is a null hypothesis. The study opened a new area that can enhance mentoring and Strathmore University institutional culture namely, professional friendship.
520			_aStrathmore University
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690			_aHidden Curriculum _9415026
690			_aInstitutional Culture _9415027
690			_aMentoring _968206
690			_aFriendship _94831
655	7		_aThesis _2local _9414942
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