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Axis for support, low to high, vertically on the page. Axis for Challenge, low to high, horizontally on the diagram. Low challenge, high Support: Confirmation, Student become confirmed in their pre-existing images of teaching, A lot of support with little challenge - there is no perceived need for the student to put any energy into changing what they do. Low challenge, low support: Stasis, Student is not encouraged to consider or reflect on knowledge or images, Little support and little challenge, little progress. High support, high challenge: Growth, Student grows through development of new knowledge and images, Support and challenge - the ideal situation to promote growth. High Challenge, low support: Retreat, Student withdraws from the mentoring relationship with no possible growth, Too much challenge, with little support, student finds it difficult to cope. Box below: Challenge... is aimed at helping a student develop their teaching competence, needs to be appropriate to a student's development and the stage and phase of the course. Vision... provides the context for and sustains the motivation for supporting and challenging student teachers; goals are likely to be both long- and short-term.