Contexts: when and why advisors advise -- Learning to teach -- The role of dialogue in learning to teach -- Supervision and the three-stage model of helping -- Providing a framework: six category intervention analysis -- Ways of talking to teachers 1: creating the right atmosphere -- Ways of talking to teachers 2: dealing with feelings -- Ways of talking to teachers 3: directing and leading -- Ways of talking to teachers 4: towards critical self-awareness -- Putting it all together: personal and cultural factors.