Training through dialogue : promoting effective learning and change with adults / Jane Vella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vella, Jane Kathryn, 1931-

Series:

Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education teachers--Training of.

Adult education teachers.

Adult learning.

Popular education.

Physical Description:

xix, 203 : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1995]

Summary:

In her well-received 1994 book, Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, Jane Vella showed how adult education could be structured around adult learners' needs. Now, building on that work, Vella offers a lively, step-by-step approach to training those who train others to teach adults, showing trainers how to cultivate an entirely new set of skills for interacting with learners. Through numerous examples in a variety of settings, Vella illustrates the effectiveness of her train-the-trainer program: in Chile with community health educators, in rural Arkansas with small business developers, in rural Vermont with trainers from diverse nonprofit organizations, in Syracuse, New York, with literacy professionals, in a southern U.S. veterans hospital with professionals teaching about substance abuse, and in Haiti with community AIDS educators. Each chapter ends with a summary that invites critique and suggestions and presents indicators of changed behavior from individuals who took part in that particular program.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and index.

ISBN:

0787901350

OCLC:

32590195