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  • Vella, Jane Kathryn, 1931-
     
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    Learning to listen, learning to teach : the power of dialogue in educating adults / Jane Vella.
    by Vella, Jane Kathryn, 1931-
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    San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2002.
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  • Adult learning.
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  • Adult education.
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  • Teaching.
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    0787959677 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    9780787959678 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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    xxiii, 263 p. ; 23 cm.
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    Rev. ed.
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    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 step 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.
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