A critical introduction to coaching & mentoring : debates, dialogues and discourses / David E Gray, Bob Garvey, David A Lane.

By:

Gray, David E. (David Edward), 1952- [author.]

Contributor(s):

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ISBN:

9781446272282 (pbk)
1446272281
1446272273
9781446272275

Other title:

Critical introduction to coaching and mentoring

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DDC classification:

23 658.3124 G79 2016

Contents:

Why coaching and mentoring? Why now? -- Psychology as a perspective to inform our work in coaching and mentoring -- Coaching and mentoring process -- Competence and performance for coaching and mentoring : a contested discourse -- Coaching and mentoring in the learning mix -- Evaluating coaching and mentoring -- Coaching and mentoring in specific contexts -- Leadership, management, coaching and mentoring -- Towards a coaching and mentoring culture -- Introducing coaching and mentoring into an organisation -- Towards a model of coaching supervision -- Professionalisation and ethics -- Research in coaching and mentoring -- Coaching and mentoring and the future.

Summary: "This is the definitive introduction to coaching and mentoring, written by an experienced and multidisciplinary team. Taking you all the way through from the emerging theory to informed practice, the book covers: Skills, purposes and outcomes of coaching and mentoring processes, the many settings in which they take place--public, private and voluntary, coaching and mentoring's evidence base and how it is assessed, [and] the professionalization of coaching and mentoring and a move towards integration. Supported by a wide range of case studies, activities, further questions and topics for discussion, this book is a comprehensive but accessible introduction. The authors take a critical approach and go beyond the basics, to support your development as a critically reflective practitioner."--Publisher's website. Written by an experienced and multidisciplinary team, and supported by a wide range of case studies, activities, further questions and topics for discussion, this book will show students the differing contexts of where, how and why coaching and mentoring take place and take them from emerging theory to informed practice.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Senior High School Library General Circulation Section	GC	GC 658.3124 G79 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	SHS000051

Includes bibliographical references and index..

"This is the definitive introduction to coaching and mentoring, written by an experienced and multidisciplinary team. Taking you all the way through from the emerging theory to informed practice, the book covers: Skills, purposes and outcomes of coaching and mentoring processes, the many settings in which they take place--public, private and voluntary, coaching and mentoring's evidence base and how it is assessed, [and] the professionalization of coaching and mentoring and a move towards integration. Supported by a wide range of case studies, activities, further questions and topics for discussion, this book is a comprehensive but accessible introduction. The authors take a critical approach and go beyond the basics, to support your development as a critically reflective practitioner."--Publisher's website. Written by an experienced and multidisciplinary team, and supported by a wide range of case studies, activities, further questions and topics for discussion, this book will show students the differing contexts of where, how and why coaching and mentoring take place and take them from emerging theory to informed practice.

Senior High School Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)

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