Learning to listen, learning to teach : the power of dialogue in educating adults /
"In a distinctly personal and highly entertaining style, Jane Vella offers a practical, proven, universally applicable approach to adult education. From a graduate school in New York to the mountains of Nepal to the drought-parched fields of Ethiopia, Vella draws on her rich personal experience...
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San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass,
©1994.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Twelve principles for effective adult learning
- ch. 2. How the principles inform course design and teaching
- ch. 3. Needs assessment: the first step in dialogue
- ch. 4. Safety: creating a safe environment for learning
- ch. 5. Sound relationships: the power of friendship and respect
- ch. 6. Sequence and reinforcement: knowing where and how to begin
- ch. 7. Action with reflection: a lesson in leadership
- ch. 8. Learners as subjects of their own learning
- ch. 9. Learning with ideas, feelings, and actions
- ch. 10. Immediacy: teaching what is really useful
- ch. 11. Assuming new roles for dialogue: the death of the "professor"
- ch. 12. Teamwork: how people learn together
- ch. 13. Engagement: learning as an active process
- ch. 14. Accountability: success is in the eyes of the learner
- ch. 15. Using the twelve principles in your own teaching
- ch. 16. How do you know you know?