From the Publisher
In her landmark book Learning to Listen, Learning to
Teach, celebrated adult educator Jane Vella outlined twelve
principles of Dialogue Education, an approach to learning as a
holistic, integrated, spiritual, and energetic process. Since the
book was first published, her learning principles have been used in
a wide variety of adult learning settings, in different countries
and with different educational purposes, clearly demonstrating that
these principles can be used successfully with any type of adult
learner, anywhere.
Dialogue Education at Work is the companion book to
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach. This is the first
book to show how educators worldwide have used Vella''s methods to
transform their classrooms and organizations into vital places of
learning. Written for adult educators, staff developers, leaders of
community service organizations, volunteer coordinators, and
vocational trainers, Dialogue Education at Work is filled
with illustrative case studies from a broad range of organizations
that show how to put Vella''s principles into action.
From the Jacket
Transform Your Organization with the Power of Dialogue Education
"Vellas new book is a marvelous kaleidoscope of diverse
evidence and rich testimony of realities that have been modified by
the power of dialogic education. We recently incorporated this
approach at the Educational Centre for Clinical Tutors. Right now
it is a must for our clinical faculties at the Medical
School."
Joaquin Montero, chairman, Internal Medicine Department, P.
Universidad Catolica de Chile
"Dialogue education is at the heart of Freedom from Hungers
Credit with Education strategy. We have been fortunate to see the
power of dialogue to transform mere information sharing into action
for change in the groups of women with whom we work. As an
organization we have also experienced profound change in our
approach to designing technical assistance, internal meetings, and
consultations as a result of our use of the approaches described in
this book. Dialogue education is transformative."
Christopher Dunford, president, Freedom from Hunger
"This book provides truly remarkable insight on
high-performance, student-centered learning. Readers of this book
will certainly find not only practical applications of these
principles, but also compelling reasons to adopt them in their own
approach to teaching."
Paul H. Jacques, assistant professor, Western Carolina
University
About the Author
Jane Vella is adjunct professor at the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 1981, she founded the Jubilee Popular Education Center in Raleigh, which is now Global Learning Partners. Vella has designed and led community education and staff development programs in more than forty countries around the world. She is the author or coauthor of Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach; Training Through Dialogue; How Do They Know They Know?; and Taking Learning to Task, all from Jossey-Bass.
