On Teaching and Learning : Putting the

On Teaching and Learning takes the ideas explored in renowned educator Jane Vella's best-selling book Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach to the next level and explores how dialogue education has been applied in educational settings around the world. Throughout the book, she shows how to put the principles and practices of dialogue education into action and uses illustrative stories and examples from her extensive travels. Dialogue education values inquiry, integrity, and commitment to equityvalues that are also central to democracy. Learners are treated as beings worthy of respect, recognized for the knowledge and experience they bring to the learning experience. Dialogue education emphasizes the importance of safety and belonging. It is an approach that welcomes one's certainties and one's questions.

Jane Vella founded the Jubilee Popular Education Center (now Global Learning Partners) in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is an 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 the author of five Jossey-Bass titles including Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach; Taking Learning to Task; and Dialogue Education at Work. She can be contacted at jane@globalearning.com.

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xxvii
The Author	p. xxix
Introduction	p. 1
Structured	p. 9
Why Structure?	p. 11
Learning Needs and Resources Assessment	p. 19
The Seven Design Steps	p. 31
Social	p. 51
The Learning Task in a Small Group	p. 53
Individual Learning Enhanced	p. 67
Sound	p. 81
Principles and Practices: Current State of the Art	p. 83
Open Questions Invite Dialogue	p. 111
The Designer's Skill: Trust Your Design	p. 117
Sure	p. 127
Indicators of Learning, Transfer, and Impact	p. 129
Impact and the Seven Design Steps	p. 137
Synthesis: Putting It All Together	p. 147
Putting It All Together: Examples of Dialogue Education Designs	p. 149
An On-Line Course Using Dialogue Education	p. 167
Dialogue Education in School Leadership	p. 171
Dialogue Education in Health Care Settings	p. 191
Dialogue Education in a College Classroom	p. 205
Glossary of Terms Used in Dialogue Education	p. 215
Tough Verbs for Learning Tasks	p. 221
References	p. 223
Index	p. 227
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On Teaching and Learning : Putting the Principles and Practices of Dialogue Education into Action

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