SZ6619 Support of Student's Self-development through Coaching Techniques

Faculty of Education
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Svojanovský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Svojanovský, Ph.D.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
During communication with a pupil (or pupils), assistant’s activity requires adopting specific roles (e.g. a mentor, counsellor, critical friend, etc.) including the role of a coach. This way of interaction enables the assistant to cultivate pupils’ reflective thinking, help pupils to clarify their place in a collective or their attitude towards the subject or to name their own personal aims and specific steps leading to their achievement. The aim of the course is to help students to acquire techniques that enable this pupil’s self-development. Students make themselves familiar with basic principles of coaching (e.g. principle of trust and confidentiality in relationship with a pupil) and with selected knowledge (e.g. typology of questions or principle of the GROW model), which are necessary for practical management of a dialogue with features of coaching. By means of practical training, students will acquire basic skills (e.g. listening, purposeful asking, guiding through reflective process etc.) and attitudes (esp. the so-called attitude of curiousness, i.e. accepting individuality and creative potential of each pupil), which enable them to possitively influence their pupils’ development through a dialogue with features of coaching.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will: • demonstrate acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes during management of a dialogue focused on self-development with one of his/her pupils; • be able to explain, how to support pupils’ self-development effectively by means of coaching techniques – especially during individual work with a pupil, eventually also during group work (class work) or in other contexts of educational reality (e.g. communication with pupils’ parents).
Syllabus
  • 1. Pupil’s self-development, coaching in school practice, differentiation of coaching from other support forms, such as e.g. mentoring or therapy. 2. Making familiar with the GROW model, listening, curiousness attitude. 3. Work with aims (the SMART-ER model), contracting, and types of questions. 4. Guiding through the reflective process by means of the GROW model. 5. Training of dialogues focused on pupil’s self-development. 6. Demonstrating of acquired knowledge, skills, and attitudes during management of a coaching dialogue.
Literature
    required literature
  • Fletcher, S. J. & Mullen, C. A. (2012). SAGE Handbook of Mentoring and Coaching in Education. London: SAGE Publications.
Teaching methods
Facilitation of experiential learning in a group with an emphasis on reflection using selected methods that take into account the whole person (cognitive, affective and conative aspects, both explicit and tacit dimensions of knowledge). This can be e.g. the methods of systemic modelling, coaching, etc.
Assessment methods
To gain a credit, a student has to participate actively in seminars consisting especially in training of coach techniques.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught: every other week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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