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A Review of the Literature on Coaching in Pre-service Teacher Education

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This chapter focuses on previous scholarship on coaching in pre-service teacher education drawing upon 25 studies published between 1996 and 2016 (see Appendix). The chapter canvasses the diversity of coaching models in teacher education and critically considering the roles that training, feedback, reflective practice and skill development play in each model.

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    Garth Stahl

  2. University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

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  3. University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Benjamin Kehrwald

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Stahl, G., Sharplin, E., Kehrwald, B. (2018). A Review of the Literature on Coaching in Pre-service Teacher Education. In: Real-Time Coaching and Pre-Service Teacher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6397-8_2

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