Sarah Cottinghatt

This exciting new book strikes at the heart of what's missing in much teacher professional development – coaching that strengthens teachers' decision-making. It introduces the Adaptive Expertise Framework, an approach that supports teachers in continuously developing their expertise, allowing them to respond intelligently to the complex lesson environment. Drawing on research from cognitive science, complexity theory, and studies of expert decision-making, the book outlines four areas every teacher must develop to grow their adaptive expertise that form the basis of the coaching framework. Part Two then examines each stage of the coaching process including: · The purpose of each stage of coaching so you know what you’re aiming for · Common pitfalls and how to avoid them · Codified coaching techniques that coaches can practise and use flexibly · Rich annotated coaching examples to illustrate the techniques at work · Sequence and sentence stems to help you apply the techniques straight away in your coaching Written by leading experts and part of the Teacher CPD Academy series from InnerDrive, Coaching for Adaptive Expertise provides a timely blueprint for schools seeking to cultivate reflective, responsive educators who can adapt skilfully to any teaching situation.

This exciting new book strikes at the heart of what's missing in much teacher professional development – coaching that strengthens teachers' decision-making. It introduces the Adaptive Expertise Framework, an approach that supports teachers in continuously developing their expertise, allowing them to respond intelligently to the complex lesson environment. Drawing on research from cognitive science, complexity theory, and studies of expert decision-making, the book outlines four areas every teacher must develop to grow their adaptive expertise that form the basis of the coaching framework. Part Two then examines each stage of the coaching process including: · The purpose of each stage of coaching so you know what you’re aiming for · Common pitfalls and how to avoid them · Codified coaching techniques that coaches can practise and use flexibly · Rich annotated coaching examples to illustrate the techniques at work · Sequence and sentence stems to help you apply the techniques straight away in your coaching Written by leading experts and part of the Teacher CPD Academy series from InnerDrive, Coaching for Adaptive Expertise provides a timely blueprint for schools seeking to cultivate reflective, responsive educators who can adapt skilfully to any teaching situation.

American psychologist and psychiatrist David Ausubel is well known for his famous quote:"The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly" (Ausubel, 1968, vi).But few know about the richness and importance of his assimilation theory of meaningful learning and retention, which holds many more instruction-altering insights. One of the main reasons why this theory is so important is because it focuses on the end goal teachers are after: teachers don't want students to memorise distinct ideas; teachers want students to develop vast bodies of knowledge in the subjects they are taught. Ausubel explains that the only way to achieve this is through supporting students to learn meaningfully.This book explores the key elements of the theory and what it means to learn meaningfully. It then links the theory to highly practical implications teachers can use day-to-day in all aspects of their teaching.