Full Description
This practical guide for educators in higher education encourages readers to ask effective coaching questions and apply relevant coaching techniques to empower and engage students to grow and perform at their best.
Filled with authentic examples and handy tips, the book takes readers from the 'how to' of coaching, through the practicalities, challenges and honing of existing skills and new capabilities. The authors recognise that in educators' daily encounters and interactions with students, there are many timely coachable moments for authentic learning. These opportunities can enable students to learn beyond what is squarely in their curriculum and develop their own pathways to become work-ready graduates. Through coaching, educators help students discover more about themselves while guiding them to innovate and generate solutions to perceived and real-world problems. This guide offers in depth discussions along with tools and tips to provide invaluable guidance for educators to get acquainted with the key skills needed to coach students for success in various academic and professional contexts. The content covers multiple varied scenarios, from classrooms and assignments, to internships and group work, and highlights various coaching opportunities with practical strategies.
This is a resourceful text for educators, teachers and professionals working in higher education and learning institutions. It provides training material for institutions that want to conduct faculty development programmes to prepare educators for effective coaching conversations in their universities.
Contents
Section 1: The What, Why and How of Coaching in Higher Education 1. Coaching in Higher Education: Creating Impact 2. Coaching for a Preferred Future: The Solution-Focused Approach 3. Identifying Coachable Moments 4. Empathetic Coaching Conversations: Being Emotionally Present and Connected with Students Section 2: Coaching for Academic Performance 5. Coaching Dialogue as Feedback to Improve Performance 6. Coaching To Promote Retention: Supporting Academically At-Risk Students 7. Using a Coaching Approach for Group Work 8. Adopting a Coaching Approach to Doctorate Supervision Section 3: Coaching in Preparing the Future Workforce 9. Coaching For Workplace Internships: Is My Coachee a Student or an Employee? 10. Coaching in Clinical Supervision 11. Career Coaching and the Application of Career Theories in Higher Education Section 4: Leveraging The Potential of Coaching for Educators and Students 12. Coaching in a Student Support Programme 13. The Coaching Journey: Pathways for Institutions and Educators
