Book
Learning to listen, learning to teach : the power of dialogue in educating adults
Record details
- ISBN: 0787959677 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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xxiii, 263 p. ; 23 cm. - Edition: Rev. ed.
- Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2002.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part one: A process that works and why: Twelve principles for effective adult learning -- Quantum thinking and dialogue education -- How the principles inform course design: two examples -- Part two: The principles in practice across cultures and around the world: Learning needs and resources assessment: taking the first steps in dialogue -- Safety: creating a safe environment for learning -- Sound relationships: using the power of friendship -- Sequence and reinforcement: supporting their learning -- Praxis: turning practice into action and reflection -- Learners as decision makers: harnessing the power of self through respect -- Learning with ideas, feelings, and actions: using the whole person -- Immediacy: teaching what is really useful to learners -- Assuming new roles for dialogue: embracing the death of the professor -- Teamwork: celebrating learning together -- Engagement: learning actively -- Accountability: knowing how they know they know -- Part three: Becoming an effective teacher of adults: Reviewing the twelve principles and quantum thinking -- How do you know you know? Supposing and proposing -- Appendix: Ways of doing needs assessment. |
| Target Audience Note: | Reading level: Independent (Gr 8+). |
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| Subject: | Adult learning Adult education Learning strategies Adult education -- Study and teaching Teaching Adult learning Adult education |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Decoda Literacy Library | 374 V45 2002 (Text) | 35410000023473 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
This book outlines twelve principles and practices that ensure dialogue and effective adult learning.
"Vella combines her analysis of dialogue education with Danah Zohar’s concept of quantum thinking. The result is a compilation of twelve interconnected principles for effective adult learning which are described in the first section of the book. In the middle section of the book each chapter tells a different story illustrating the importance of one of the 12 principles. Vella describes her experiences in diverse learning situations that encompass a range of cultures, languages, nationalities and literacy levels. The success or failure of each scenario is attributed to the application or misapplication of one or more of the 12 principles. Throughout the book Vella also refers to “both/and thinking”, referring to the quantum concept that two contradictory ideas can both be true at the same time (from physics—e.g., light can be both a particle and a wave), to show the interdependence of the 12 principles. Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach is extremely readable and enjoyable. The stories and situations used to illustrate the value and effectiveness of the 12 principles of effective adult learning cover such a wide range of learning scenarios that it is easy to see how the lessons learned can be applied to any adult learning situation." – June 2010
"Vella combines her analysis of dialogue education with Danah Zohar’s concept of quantum thinking. The result is a compilation of twelve interconnected principles for effective adult learning which are described in the first section of the book. In the middle section of the book each chapter tells a different story illustrating the importance of one of the 12 principles. Vella describes her experiences in diverse learning situations that encompass a range of cultures, languages, nationalities and literacy levels. The success or failure of each scenario is attributed to the application or misapplication of one or more of the 12 principles. Throughout the book Vella also refers to “both/and thinking”, referring to the quantum concept that two contradictory ideas can both be true at the same time (from physics—e.g., light can be both a particle and a wave), to show the interdependence of the 12 principles. Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach is extremely readable and enjoyable. The stories and situations used to illustrate the value and effectiveness of the 12 principles of effective adult learning cover such a wide range of learning scenarios that it is easy to see how the lessons learned can be applied to any adult learning situation." – June 2010
