Learning to listen, learning to teach [ebook]: the power of dialogue in educating adults / Jane Vella.

Table of Content: 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 steps 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.