Arthur L. Costa               


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Preface
By Robert H. Anderson,
University of South Florida
Foreword
By Carl D. Glickman,
Chair, Program for School Improvement, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
I. Discovering the Meanings of Cognitive Coaching
  1. Exploring the Meanings of Cognitive Coaching
  2. Coaching As Mediation
  3. The Mediator's Toolbox
  4. Developing and Maintaining Trust
II. Sources of Excellence
  1. States of Mind
  2. Cognition and Instruction
  3. Inquiring into the Knowledge Base of Teaching and Learning
  4. Resolving Problems: Accessing Internal Resources
III. Engaging in Coaching
  1. Navigating Coaching Maps
  2. Human Variability in Meaning Making
  3. Repertoire of Support Functions
IV. Integrating Cognitive Coaching Throughout the System
  1. Integrating the Ideals of Cognitive Coaching
  2. Research on Cognitive Coaching
  3. Toward Educational Renaissance
Appendixes
I: What Teachers Want Observed
II: Mediative Questioning
III: Applying Principles of Constructivism
IV: Transcript of a Coaching Cycle
V: Glossary



An all-new edition of the "must have" resource for improving instruction!
Cognitive Coaching:
A Foundation for Renaissance Schools
Second Edition

Arthur L. Costa, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Sacramento and Co-Founder, Institute for Intelligent Behavior, El Dorado Hills, CA
Robert J. Garmston, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Sacramento and Executive Director, Facilitation Associates

In this greatly expanded and extensively updated edition of a widely popular resource you see how teachers' individual and collective capacities for continuing self-improvement are strengthened over time through Cognitive Coaching. You gain essential skills, protocols, guidance, research and resources to use when implementing Cognitive Coaching principles and values in your own school setting.

Toward the goals of making schools better places where more students succeed and satisfaction in learning and teaching prevail, Costa and Garmston let you know about their own learning, and how new research and practice can support individuals and schools in reaching higher, more satisfying, and more holistic performance. Organized into four sections, the book makes the concepts clear!

You see clearly the meanings of cognitive coaching . . . you learn the basics of teaching excellence . . . you get strategies and tactics for engaging in coaching . . . and you see how to integrate Cognitive Coaching throughout the system . . .

2002 Hardbound 400pp est. ISBN: 1-929024-41-X Order # 1002B $65.95


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