The SAGE Handbook of Coaching presents a comprehensive, global view of the discipline, identifying the current issues and practices, as well as mapping out where the discipline is going. The Handbook is organized into six thematic sections: Part One: Positioning Coaching as a Discipline Part Two: Coaching as a Process Part Three: Common Issues in Coaching Part Four: Coaching in Contexts Part Five: Researching Coaching Part Six: Development of Coaches It provides the perfect reference point for graduate students, scholars, educators and researchers wishing to familiarize themselves with current research and debate in the academic and influential practitioners' literature on coaching.

Trends in Development of Coaches (Education and Training): Is it Valid, Is it Rigorous and Is it Relevant?

Trends in Development of Coaches (Education and Training): Is it Valid, Is it Rigorous and Is it Relevant?

Trends in Development of Coaches (Education and Training): Is it Valid, is it Rigorous and is it Relevant?
David A. Lane

INTRODUCTION

A core discourse in the education and training of coaches has centred on the role of competence led approaches to accreditation. Many programmes worldwide are driven by the need to satisfy these approaches and their implicit and explicit requirements, which is highly contentious. Alternatives to this approach, primarily from university led programmes, focus instead on a knowledge base for coaching and finding meaning. This chapter will look at this discourse and explore the basis for competence led models, the implications for practice and the limitations. Alternative approaches ...

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