
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach
The Power of Dialogue in Educating Adults
Jane Vella(Author)
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 2. July 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7879-5967-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this updated version of her landmark book Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, celebrated adult educator Jane Vella revisits her twelve principles of dialogue education with a new theoretical perspective gleaned from the discipline of quantum physics. Vella sees the path to learning as a holistic, integrated, spiritual, and energetic process. She uses engaging, personal stories of her work in a variety of adult learning settings, in different countries and with different educational purposes, to show readers how to utilize the twelve principles in their own practice with any type of adult learner, anywhere.
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Edition
Revised Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-5967-8 (9780787959678)
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Other editions
Additional editions

Jane Vella
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach
The Power of Dialogue in Educating Adults, Revised Edition
E-Book
10/2002
2nd Edition
Jossey-Bass
€36.99
Available for download
Previous edition
Vella
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach: the Power o f Dialogue in Educating Adults, Cloth Edition
The Power of Dialogue in Educating Adults
Book
03/1994
Jossey-Bass
€53.37
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Person
The Author
Jane Vella is the founder of Global Learning Partners, Inc., and is former adjunct professor at the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has designed and led community education and staff development programs in more than forty countries around the world. She is currently retired and living in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she continues her research on adult learning.
Jane Vella is the founder of Global Learning Partners, Inc., and is former adjunct professor at the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has designed and led community education and staff development programs in more than forty countries around the world. She is currently retired and living in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she continues her research on adult learning.
Content
Foreword to the 1994 Edition vii
Malcolm S. Knowles
Preface to the Revised Edition 2002 ix
The Author xxiii
Part One: A Process That Works and Why
1. Twelve Principles for Effective Adult Learning 3
2. Quantum Thinking and Dialogue Education 29
3. How the Principles Inform Course Design: Two Examples 37
Part Two: The Principles in Practice: Across Cultures and Around the World
4. LearningNeeds and Resources Assessment: Taking the First Step in Dialogue 57
5. Safety: Creating a Safe Environment for Learning 71
6. Sound Relationships: Using the Power of Friendship 85
7. Sequence and Reinforcement: Supporting Their Learning 101
8. Praxis: Turning Practice into Action and Reflection 115
9. Learners as Decision Makers: Harnessing the Power of Self Through Respect 129
10. Learning with Ideas, Feelings, and Actions: Using the Whole Person 149
11. Immediacy: Teaching What Is Really Useful to Learners 161
12. Assuming New Roles for Dialogue: Embracing the Death of the Professor 179
13. Teamwork: Celebrating Learning Together 191
14. Engagement: Learning Actively 203
15. Accountability: Knowing How They Know They Know 213
Part Three: Becoming an Effective Teacher of Adults
16. Reviewing the Twelve Principles and Quantum Thinking 227
17. How Do You Know You Know? Supposing and Proposing 243
Appendix: Ways of Doing Needs Assessment 247
References 251
Index 255
Malcolm S. Knowles
Preface to the Revised Edition 2002 ix
The Author xxiii
Part One: A Process That Works and Why
1. Twelve Principles for Effective Adult Learning 3
2. Quantum Thinking and Dialogue Education 29
3. How the Principles Inform Course Design: Two Examples 37
Part Two: The Principles in Practice: Across Cultures and Around the World
4. LearningNeeds and Resources Assessment: Taking the First Step in Dialogue 57
5. Safety: Creating a Safe Environment for Learning 71
6. Sound Relationships: Using the Power of Friendship 85
7. Sequence and Reinforcement: Supporting Their Learning 101
8. Praxis: Turning Practice into Action and Reflection 115
9. Learners as Decision Makers: Harnessing the Power of Self Through Respect 129
10. Learning with Ideas, Feelings, and Actions: Using the Whole Person 149
11. Immediacy: Teaching What Is Really Useful to Learners 161
12. Assuming New Roles for Dialogue: Embracing the Death of the Professor 179
13. Teamwork: Celebrating Learning Together 191
14. Engagement: Learning Actively 203
15. Accountability: Knowing How They Know They Know 213
Part Three: Becoming an Effective Teacher of Adults
16. Reviewing the Twelve Principles and Quantum Thinking 227
17. How Do You Know You Know? Supposing and Proposing 243
Appendix: Ways of Doing Needs Assessment 247
References 251
Index 255