מאפייניהם של מורים חונכים ילידים ) native ( ושל מורים חונכים מהגרים immigrant( ( המלמדים בבתי ספר לפיתוח מקצועי

There are two types of mentor teachers in the professional development schools (PDS) system: teachers who were trained to teach via the traditional method ("immigrant mentor teachers") and teachers who were trained via the PDS model ("native mentor teachers"). These concepts derive from the technological domain whereby digital natives are those who were born into technology, while their teachers are digital immigrants to this world. In the present research, we examined whether differences exist in the perception of the role and the requisite traits of immigrant and native mentor teachers, and how their training influences these perceptions. Interviews were held conducted with immigrant and native mentor teachers. The findings indicate differences in the way the mentor teachers perceived their role: Native mentor teachers viewed their main role as being caring and open, serving as a role model, and building a relationship of trust, cooperation, and openness with the student teachers. Immigrant mentor teachers viewed their main role in developing pedagogical content knowledge.