Publication: The Coach-Teacher Partnership Building Process: A Multiple Case Study On Four Esl Coaching Dyads In Sarawak
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2019-07
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Kho, Siaw Hui
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The main purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to investigate the instructional coaches’ use of the P artnership L earning principles to develop coach - teacher partnership in the School Improvement Specialist Coach Plus ( SISC+ ) coaching programm e in East Malaysia . This investigation was guided by Knight’s (2007) instructional coaching model, which identified the Seven Partnership Learning p rinciples to build on the coach - teacher partnership through the coaching interactions. This study also aimed to identify other principles that could contribute to the coaches - teacher partnership and to identify the most and least contributing Partnership Learning principles from both the coaches and teachers’ perspectives. The study respondents involved four coa ching dyads which consisted of one coach and one English teacher per dyad selected from four primary schools in East Malaysia. Data was collected through non - participant observations on coaching interactions. The four coaching dyads participated in semi - st ructured interviews after the data collection on the coaching observations had reached data saturation. Data analysis of this study utilised deductive thematic analysis. The findings of the study revealed important themes about the partnership building pro cess, building understanding between the coaches and the teachers, the interrelatedness of the Partnership Learning principles, the outcomes of the partnership building process and some exceptions in the partnership building process. The coaches embodied t he Partnership Learning principles through the coaches’ actions manifested in their behaviours, attitude and choice of language. Building understanding
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Partnership Building Process: A Multiple Case