1st Edition

Mentoring and Coaching in Schools Professional Learning through Collaborative Inquiry

By Suzanne Burley, Cathy Pomphrey Copyright 2011
152 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

148 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Can mentoring and coaching really improve professional practice? How can research and inquiry improve mentoring and coaching practice? Mentoring and Coaching in Schools explores the ways in which mentoring and coaching can be used as a dynamic collaborative process for effective professional learning. It demonstrates how the use of practitioner inquiry within mentoring and coaching... Read more

Introduction  Chapter 1. Using this book to develop professional learning through mentoring and coaching  Chapter 2. Dimensions of professional learning  Chapter 3. Mentoring and Coaching: a platform for professional learning  Chapter 4. Practitioner Inquiry for professional learning in mentoring and coaching  Chapter 5. Inquiring into the nature of mentoring and coaching through collaboration  Chapter 6. Inquiring into mentoring and coaching in a range of professional contexts  Chapter 7. Inquiring into one to one mentoring and coaching collaborations within the school context  Chapter 8. Inquiring into wider mentoring and coaching collaborations within the school context  Chapter 9. A new perspective: mentoring and coaching as collaborative professional inquiry  Bibliography

Biography

Suzanne Burley is Academic Leader for Teacher Education and Professional Learning at London Metropolitan University.

Cathy Pomphrey was Academic Leader for Initial Teacher Education at London Metropolitan University and now works as an education consultant.