Mentoring “in the time of cholera”: perspectives, promises and challenges in the preparation of mentors for diversity in the new digital teacher learning space

This article discusses the perspectives, challenges and promises of mentoring in the new digital teacher learning space. Specifically, it focuses on recent research agendas and policy trends aimed at redefining and “reinventing” the preparation of mentors in diverse socio-cultural educational contexts across the globe. These are contextualized by zooming in to the case of mentoring in Israeli teacher education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These studies exemplify concerted efforts to create new connections between research, policy and practice in order to inform on the preparation of mentors in highly diverse and disputed socio-cultural educational contexts.