Coaching Applications and Effectiveness in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Abstract

Coaching creates opportunities to communicate better and enhance trust among the service users, employees, and employers regardless of their differences. Therefore, higher education institutions are increasingly recognizing the value of coaching for personal, professional, and organizational development. In coaching, contextual understanding is essential to achieve expected growth and outcomes. This chapter explores the applications and effectiveness of coaching interventions in teaching and learning in higher education. Based on literature and personal reflection, this chapter highlights different strategies and good practices and how coaching helps students succeed in their academic journeys and academics to become reflective practitioners. This process of coaching in higher education could also include people from academic, administrative, and professional service backgrounds. This chapter also presents the factors that hinder or support coaching programs and draws a set of recommendations to strengthen coaching initiatives in the higher education context.