Chapter 5: Approaches 129solution states. Ask the learner to give details and to visualize a
better situation.
Solution-focused coaching assumes that
the learner already possesses “specific
individualized solutions for problems that
work best and that any person is
competent to solve his or her own
problems. These solutions emerge by
asking useful questions.”
~ Visser, 2007
Reflective Practice Approach
As described in Chapter 4: Capacity Building, reflection is a strategy
that should be used by every coach. However, it should also be
considered as an overall approach — something that drives
coaching.
Dewey (1933) called for teachers to take reflective action that
entails “active, persistent, and careful consideration of any belief or
supposed form of knowledge in light of the grounds that support it
and the further consequences to which it leads” (p. 9). Dewey
identified three attributes of reflective individuals: open-
mindedness, responsibility, and wholeheartedness. Thomas Farrell