Comparing Solution Building with Problem Solving
Solution Building/Problem Solving
"How did you do that?" / "Why did you do that?"
Focus on the future without the problem / Emphasis on past with the problem
Solution talk / Problem talk
Attention on what is working/Attention on what is wrong
Student is capable./Student is flawed.
Student is source of solution./Teacher is source of solution.
Teacher skilled at "not knowing."/Teacher is "all knowing."
Frees teacher from responsibility for fixing the problem/Teacher accepts responsibility for fixing the problem.
If it works, do more of it./Just keep using what you think should work until it. hopefully, does.
Cooperation enhances change./Either the student or the teacher is solely responsible for correcting the problem.
Students and parents should define the goals -- they are (or can be) the experts./The teacher should define the goals because they are the "experts."
Change is inevitable./People cannot change.
