Capstone Learning OLTD510
This capstone course synthesizes the cumulative knowledge gained throughout the program. Pedagogical strengths and challenges of various user environments are explored. ePortfolio projects are completed and presented which include a significant service component. A Masters Prospectus is developed as a precursor to further Graduate studies
Literature Review: Using a Coaching 6.0 Approach for Teaching 21st. Century Curriculum
As part of OLTD510 and in preparation for my Masters project and paper I wrote a Literature review based on the Critical Challenge question:
How does a Solution Focused Coaching approach influence teachers to shift their practice to support implementation of 21st century curriculum?
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How does a Solution Focused Coaching approach influence teachers to shift their practice to support implementation of 21st century curriculum?
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There is an emerging shift in how teachers are expected to teach to prepare students for success in a faster changing world and workplace. This shift is also intended to counteract the dropping rate of engagement, enthusiasm, and satisfaction of students and teachers (Fullan & Donnelly, 2013) (Robinson, 2012) (Saavedra & Opfer, 2012). Teachers being a "sage on the stage" or the "dispenser of information" is becoming is becoming less desirable. Terms such as "guide on the side", "teachers and students as learning partners" (Fullan, 2013, p. 24), "teacher as activator" (Terhart 2011, p. 433), and "teacher as facilitator" are emerging more and more. There is an increasing focus on giving students skills such as what Fullan describes as the 6 C's:
One of the skillsets that is recommended increasingly for teachers is coaching. Interestingly, most articles and publications do not define what coaching is (BC Ministry of Education, 2014). Modern coaching is defined in a general way by the International Coach Federation as, "partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential" (International Coach Federation, n.d.). Although awareness of coaching is increasing, over sixty percent of people are incorrect in their understanding of what modern coaching is (PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2014).
In this project my intention is to use a solution focused coach approach to investigate and find out what teachers feel will support them to more effectively deliver 21st. century curriculum. There is also an intention to assist teachers to understand, practice, and incorporate a Coaching 6.0 approach into their teaching pedagogy. Coaching 6.0 is a distinct form of coaching that that is not only effective in formal coaching sessions, but also in less formal situations, such as the classroom or the workplace. Teachers can use this methodology with students, peers, parents, and the public to assist them to be more effective and efficient in understanding what they want, how they will get it, and to feel more relaxed and happier while they do.
Introducing a coaching approach into teaching pedagogy is not intended to replace other approaches such as the use of technology or blended learning, but rather as a tool that augments and builds greater efficiency and effectiveness into the approach being used.
This allows educators to expand the effectiveness of their own unique area of pedagogical approach while modeling and supporting students to creatively, in a personalized manner, to expand and build their own success!
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Communication.
- Collaboration.
- Creative thinking and imagination.
- Character education.
- Citizenship (2013).
One of the skillsets that is recommended increasingly for teachers is coaching. Interestingly, most articles and publications do not define what coaching is (BC Ministry of Education, 2014). Modern coaching is defined in a general way by the International Coach Federation as, "partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential" (International Coach Federation, n.d.). Although awareness of coaching is increasing, over sixty percent of people are incorrect in their understanding of what modern coaching is (PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2014).
In this project my intention is to use a solution focused coach approach to investigate and find out what teachers feel will support them to more effectively deliver 21st. century curriculum. There is also an intention to assist teachers to understand, practice, and incorporate a Coaching 6.0 approach into their teaching pedagogy. Coaching 6.0 is a distinct form of coaching that that is not only effective in formal coaching sessions, but also in less formal situations, such as the classroom or the workplace. Teachers can use this methodology with students, peers, parents, and the public to assist them to be more effective and efficient in understanding what they want, how they will get it, and to feel more relaxed and happier while they do.
Introducing a coaching approach into teaching pedagogy is not intended to replace other approaches such as the use of technology or blended learning, but rather as a tool that augments and builds greater efficiency and effectiveness into the approach being used.
This allows educators to expand the effectiveness of their own unique area of pedagogical approach while modeling and supporting students to creatively, in a personalized manner, to expand and build their own success!