Arthur L Costa is an Emeritus Professor of Education, California State University Sacramento. He has served as a teacher, curriculum consultant, assistant superintendent for instruction and Director of Educational Programs for N.A.S.A. A former president of ASCD, he has devoted his career to improving education through self-directed learning and thought-filled curriculum and instruction.Robert J. Garmston, EdD is Emeritus Professor of Educational Administration at California State University, Sacramento and Co-Developer of Cognitive Coaching with Dr. Art Costa, Co-Developer of Adaptive Schools with Bruce Wellman. Served as a classroom teacher, resource teacher, principal, director of instruction and acting superintendent in Northern California Schools and principal in Saudi Arabia.

What is powerful about Cognitive Coaching is its effect on individual identity: who we think we are, and who we want to be in service to others. At its heart is deep, nonjudgmental listening that is so fully focused on understanding another and the meaning they are trying to convey that nothing else occupies us in the moment. Simply put, this kind of listening, involving our entire being, can only be thought of as an act of love. As we listen, and as others feel increasingly seen and heard, we also develop greater compassion in our hearts.

• Foreword by Diane ZimmermanINTRODUCTIONSECTION I. COGNITIVE COACHING: REFLECTIONSChapter 1: Cognitive Coaching: Promising Results by Jenny EdwardsChapter 2: Philogelos: Something We Left OutSECTION II. RELEVENCE IN AN EMERGING WORLDChapter 3: Cognitive Reflection and Neurodiversity by Diana Rosberg & Bridget McNamerChapter 4: Developing Leaders' Efficacy…Virtually by Kendall Zollar & Michael TonkinChapter 5: Diversity Matters: Creating and Sustaining Systems of Belonging by Phil Echols, Stacy Stanley, & Delores LindsayChapter 6: Leading with Pro-Social and Emotional Intelligence by Wendy BaronSECTION III. APPLICATONS OF COGNITIVE COACHING, ITS PRINCIPLES, & VALUES IN OTHER DISCIPLINESChapter 7: Enhancing Mind and Body Awareness by E.J. Zebro & Bena KallickChapter 8: Cognitive Coaching in Spiritual Accompaniment by Luis GonzálezChapter 9: Coaching In Health Care by John ClarkeChapter 10: Coaching and Teaching Vocal Music by Sue PresslerChapter 11: Elevating Learning: Merging Education and Business Practices by William SommersSECTION IV. ENDURING VALUES AND DEEPENING LEARNINGChapter 12: Cognitive Coaching in Retrospect: Why It PersistsChapter 13: “Thinking Makes It So”: Students as the Authors of Their Life Script by Laura Lipton & Steve JamborChapter 14: Humility And HumanityGlossary