On teaching and learning : putting the principles and practices of dialogue education into action / Jane Vella ; foreword by Joanna Ashworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vella, Jane Kathryn, 1931- author.

Ashworth, Joanna, author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.

Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular education.

Questioning.

Teaching--Methodology.

Teaching.

Learning, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 equity-values that are also central to democracy. Learners are treated as beings worthy of re

Contents:

On Teaching and Learning; Contents; Foreword; Preface; On Teaching; Paulo Freire, Revolutionary Teacher; Instructional Technology; Where Is the Teacher?; On Learning; Epistemological Concerns; An Ongoing Research Agenda; Acknowledgments; The Author; Introduction; Applications; A New World of Team Players; How Do They Know They Know?; Overview of the Contents; A Word on Language; Welcome to Dialogue; Part One: STRUCTURED; 1 Why Structure?; Structuring Content and Process; 2 Learning Needs And resources Assessment; An LNRA in Practice; Infinite Varieties; A Startling Example; Without an LNRA

LNRA in an On-Line SituationWhy Do a Learning Needs and Resources Assessment?; 3 The Seven Design Steps; Step One: Who? Participants and Leaders-How Many?; Step Two: Why? The Situation Calling for the Learning Event; Step Three: When? The Time Frame; The When? Time Frame in an On-Line Course; Step Four: Where? The Site; Learning Tasks Demand a Learning Site; The Where? Question in On-Line Learning; Steps Five and Six: What? and What For? The Content and Objectives; Outcomes or Achievement-Based Objectives; Outcomes; Achievement-Based Objectives; Step Seven: How? Learning Tasks and Materials

Learning MaterialsThe Seven Design Steps in On-Line Learning; A Natural Sequence: What? What For? How?; Part Two: SOCIAL; 4 The Learning Task in a Small Group; Safety in Design; What Happens in the Small Group?; Leaders and Followers; Questions Arising; Faith in the Small-Group Learning; The Size of a Small Group; When People Find Their Voice; Dealing with Exclusion; Small Groups in Learning Tasks On-Line; Co-mentoring On-Line; Left Brain, Right Brain; The Four Parts of a Learning Task; Inductive (Anchoring); Input (Adding); Implementation (Applying); Integration (Taking Away)

5 Individual Learning EnhancedExample: Scripture Studies; Learning Task 1: Major Themes in the Gospel of Mark; Implementation (Applying the New Data to a Situation):; Example: Nutrition; Learning Task 2: Nutrition: The Art of Portion Control; Implementation (Applying this New Data to our Context):; Part Three: SOUND; 6 Principles and Practices: Current State of the Art; Needs Assessment; Needs Assessment in an On-Line Situation; Safety in Learning; Safety On-Line; Sound Relationships; Sound Relationships On-Line; Sequence and Reinforcement; Time for an Appropriate Sequence; Reinforcement

Sequence and Reinforcement On-LinePraxis: Action with Reflection; Praxis On-Line; Using Ideas/Feelings/Actions; Ideas/Feelings/Actions On-Line; Respect for Learners as Decision Makers; Example; Immediacy; Immediacy On-Line; Clear Roles; Clear Roles On-Line; Teamwork; Teamwork On-Line; Engagement; Engagement On-Line; Accountability; Accountability On-Line; 7 Open Questions Invite Dialogue; Closed Questions; From Closed to Open Questions; Examples; 8 The Designer's Skill: Trust Your Design; The Potential of Affirmation; The Design and Time; Design Materials; All About Mnemonics

The Point of Power

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print verison record.

ISBN:

9781119016267

1119016266

OCLC:

889305966