Instructional Coaching Implementation

Task-oriented coaching for teaching instructional planning: a design-based research approach

This paper is concerned with the gradual development and validation of an instructional model for teaching instructional planning to prospective teachers in secondary level business schools. The model is based on the assumptions that a) instructional planning can be considered as a design task, and b) learning to cope with these tasks is effectively supported by task-tailored coaching intervent...

Evaluation of alternative instructional strategies in intelligent coaching systems: an empirical study

Computer-based adaptive teaching can enhance individual learning effectiveness. Several researches have defined the concepts of Intelligent Coaching Systems and adaptive teaching in the past. However, empirical findings are limited to anecdotal evidence guiding the design of these systems. A prototype system based on the idea of adaptive teaching is built in Knowledge Pro which monitors a learn...

Getting the Most out of Professional Learning Communities and Coaching: Promoting Interactions that Support Instructional Improvement

The creation of professional learning communities (PLCs) in schools and the designation of instructional coaching positions have become popular strategies to support teacher learning and instructional improvement. PLCs and coaching initiatives share a similar theory of action: that providing teachers with opportunities to interact with peers and/or expert coaches will enable them to learn and i...

The Training of Coaching Skills: an implementation study

Computerized Application for Analysing the Time and Instructional Parameters in Sport Coaching and Physical Education Teaching

A software made in Visual Basic® is presented here, attending two important competencies in the ftrst formation of any preservice Physical Education (PE) teacher or any sport coach: l) time management available to develop the contents in a school or in the training sessions, and 2)feedback administra/ion for both students and athletes. Time management and feedback administration have been shown...