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Enable students to shape and re-shape themselves as learners

Using coaching principles in developing Learning Power conversations

Leading learning power conversations
There are certain established principles that you should have
clearly in mind before embarking on learning conversations
with your students:
• Leading someone else’s learning does not
involve having a preconceived view of what the
other person needs
• The data that you have about another person’s
learning habits is not absolute; it represents how
you both happen to see things at the moment
• Learning conversations can usefully take place
with a group of students – it doesn’t have to be
one on one
• Being over-prepared for a learning conversation
may limit opportunities for enquiry and
exploration
• Allow substantial uninterrupted time for the
learning conversation to take place
• Genuine curiosity and interest in the other
person’s experience and perceptions will lead to
authentic dialogue
• Flexibility is important but a common
understanding of the purpose of the learning
conversation secures focus and direction
• It is important to know when to keep silent and
when to ask supportive or probing questions
• The skillful teacher enables learners to speak
openly about how they learn in a variety of
contexts
• Avoid trying to arrive at neat conclusions and
agreed targets too quickly
• It pays to know when to stop and how to leave
things ready for the next time
• It is helpful to provide some activity to maintain
involvement and reflection between learning
conversations

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