The contribution of coaching psychology to educational fields is increasingly recognised. This timely book introduces coaching psychology as a facilitative method to support learning in different educational contexts. Coaching Psychology for Learning is essential reading for any teacher, student or practitioner who wishes to become an educational coach to facilitate learning.
Qing Wang is an educational psychologist, chartered psychologist, an ISCP accredited coaching psychologist and a passionate lecturer. She is currently Associate Professor in Educational Psychology at the School of Psychology and Cognitive Science of East China Normal University. She has 10 years' experience in coaching psychology in the field of education. With a genuine interest in coaching psychology for learning, she explores, designs, delivers, and evaluates coaching models and approaches with teachers and students in secondary schools, medical schools, vocational schools, universities and in parents' education. She uses ideas from CBT, mindfulness, narratives, motivational interviewing, solution-focused and positive psychology approaches to provide a comprehensive service that encompasses professional and personal issues.
Chapter 1: Introduction; Part 1: An enquiry of educational paradigms, learning and coaching; Chapter 2: Philosophy and educational paradigms examined; Chapter 3: What is learning?; Chapter 4: The place of coaching psychology in learning; Part 2: Empirical case studies of coaching psychology for learning; Chapter 5: Coaching psychology for enquiry-based learning in secondary education; Chapter 6: Towards a systems model of Coaching for Learning; Chapter 7: Coaching psychology for problem-based learning in medical education; Chapter 8: PBL coaching: Towards an integrative model of CPBL; Part 3: Towards a systems approach of educational coaching; Chapter 9: The relational and discursive aspects of educational coaching; Chapter 10: Reflections and concluding remarks