Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

2011

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2011) 29: 102-115

doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0029.012

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Educational developers committed to promoting effective teaching and learning practices often make the same mistake we advise instructors to avoid: privileging content over process in individual consultations. We describe a process-oriented consultation model based on effective practices from the literature on individual consultations, coaching, learning, and motivation. Using this three-step model, educational developers can systematically create a collaborative environment that is nonjudgmental and nonprescriptive and draws on the client’s capabilities, experiences, aspirations, and resourcefulness.

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