Description
Book SynopsisAs Jane Vella travels in her work, audiences old and new often request an up-to-date set of stories on the application of the principles and practices of Dialogue Education. This book corroborates those principles and practices through stories from diverse situations in which she has found herself teaching and learning in the past five years.
Table of ContentsForeword xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xxvii
The Author xxix
Introduction 1
Part One: Structured 9
1. Why Structure? 11
2. Learning Needs and Resources Assessment 19
3. The Seven Design Steps 31
Part Two: Social 51
4. The Learning Task in a Small Group 53
5. Individual Learning Enhanced 67
Part Three: Sound 81
6. Principles and Practices: Current State of the Art 83
7. Open Questions Invite Dialogue 111
8. The Designer’s Skill: Trust Your Design 117
Part Four: Sure 127
9. Indicators of Learning, Transfer, and Impact 129
10. Impact and the Seven Design Steps 137
Part Five: Synthesis: Putting It All Together 147
11. Putting It All Together: Examples of Dialogue Education Designs 149
12. An On-Line Course Using Dialogue Education 167
13. Dialogue Education in School Leadership 171
14. Dialogue Education in Health Care Settings 191
15. Dialogue Education in a College Classroom 205
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms Used in Dialogue Education 215
Appendix B: Tough Verbs for Learning Tasks 221
References 223
Index 227
