Step 4 of coaching

The level of deepening the dialogic competence
The methods that deepen the dialogic competence make collaborative thinking more focussed, help participants pay attention to what others say at any given moment, and help to utilise budding ideas beneath the surface and to steer thinking to new directions. The actions that deepen the dialogic competence are the following: stopping and concentrating, staying in another's speech, compact expression, word-for-word continuation from the previous utterance, recognising key expressions, opening key expressions, revealing gaps in thinking and actions, and opening new paths for dialogue. These dialogical actions correspond to the following method cards (for more information, see www.hamk.fi/diale):

• I am present here and now
• Stay a little while
• Reformulate and tidy up
• Make chains
• Catching hot words
• Delve deeper
• Weave a synthesis pearl
• Find the missing pieces
• Ground-breaking inquiries

Mastering the methods that deepen one's dialogic competence requires sufficient knowledge of dialogic attitude and the basic methods of dialogue. Proficiency in the methods that deepen one's dialogic competence makes learning and knowledge creation imaginative and helps to utilise the unique thinking of the individuals of the community.