LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Lyderystės kompetencijos; Lyderystės švietimas; Mentorystė; Leadership competencies; Leadership education; Mentorship.
ENIn recent years there has been more and more research done concerning the preparation of students for leadership. Although the significance of practical activity and mentorship has been emphasized, the lack of research has been felt that could reveal the connection between the practice of mentors of teaching practicum and leadership competencies of students. The display of these connections could help to create possibilities to purposefully act, fulfill expedient intervention into the processes of development of leadership competencies, teaching practicum, and mentorship processes in order to seek to improve them and achieve better results in development of students’ leadership competencies. The research using the strategy of natural experiment was carried out. It has been proved that the leadership competencies of students (after teaching practice) are related with the functions implemented by mentors by a statistically significant and linear functional connection. That proves that the leadership competencies of teacher mentors and their students are interrelated. [From the publication]