Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Better Conversations

Practicing the habit of an inquiring mindset. "Why is this person talking/acting this way?" "What is underlying?" Knowing the background changes the way we act.

  1. Empathy - having empathy towards ourselves. What is happening inside my brain? e.g. fear, judgement,... How am i feeling? I might need to clear my brain to be open to the other person. Put aside my own feelings. #itstartswithus

  2. Cognitive Empathy - What does this person need right now?

  3. Affective Empathy - How are they feeling?


These are some thoughts from Better Conversations by Jim Knight

Communication strategy

The most important thing is that I genuinely want to hear what they have to say.

Interviewing as Qualitative Research

A Guide for Researchers in Education and the Social Sciences

Author: Irving Seidman

A strategy from this book

Public voice - for others' consumption

Private Voice - what is really going on

I can listen carefully for the private voice. I can be curious as to what is underneath.

Instructional Coaching


Facilitative Coaching -  A sounding board. Teacher already know what they need to do. Through the questioning process the teacher recognises what to do and sets goals

Directive Coaching - An expert with an apprentice. Teacher does not know the practice. The coach with need to describe the practce and follow up that the teacher is doing this.

Dialogical Coaching -  Don’t give advice as an expert but position the teacher as a partner. Honour the autonomy of the teacher. Coach does not push own perspective but is not silent either.

 


Identify a clear picture of current reality. Using evidence of learner. The teacher indicates how close the reality was to the plan on Scale1-10. The teacher then sets a PEERS goal  - Powerful, Easy to achieve, Emotionally compelling, Reachable, Student focussed

Model it as the coach. See it before we do it. 

Implement - Teacher does it, 

Modify (modify goal, strategy, etc)



https://www.instructionalcoaching.com/research/



Futher Reading


https://www.amazon.com/Focus-Teaching-Using-High-Impact-Instruction/dp/1483344126


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