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Method of development

Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a coach, supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance. The learner is sometimes called a coachee. Occasionally, coaching may mean an informal relationship between two people, of whom one has more experience and expertise than the other and offers advice and guidance as the latter learns; but coaching differs from mentoring by focusing on specific tasks or objectives, as opposed to more general goals or overall development. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: CoachingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Comparing artificial intelligence and human coaching goal attainment efficacyInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The Front RunnerThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: The Effect of Teacher Coaching on Instruction and Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of the Causal EvidenceCited 999 times
  5. Go sideways: Coaching psychologyA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Career counselingA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Verb present participle and gerund of coach

Noun The process by which someone is coached or tutored; instruction.

Noun The operation of horse-drawn coaches, especially as a business.

Noun Relating to horse-drawn stagecoaches, also to railway carriages (or coaches).

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Origins
  2. History
  3. Applications
  4. Ethics and standards

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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