Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach

The Author Jane Vella is the founder of Global Learning Partners, Inc., and is former adjunct professor at the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has designed and led community education and staff development programs in more than forty countries around the world. She is currently retired and living in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she continues her research on adult learning.

• Foreword to the 1994 Edition viiMalcolm S. KnowlesPreface to the Revised Edition 2002 ixThe Author xxiiiPart One: A Process That Works and Why1. Twelve Principles for Effective Adult Learning 32. Quantum Thinking and Dialogue Education 293. How the Principles Inform Course Design: Two Examples 37Part Two: The Principles in Practice: Across Cultures and Around the World4. LearningNeeds and Resources Assessment: Taking the First Step in Dialogue 575. Safety: Creating a Safe Environment for Learning 716. Sound Relationships: Using the Power of Friendship 857. Sequence and Reinforcement: Supporting Their Learning 1018. Praxis: Turning Practice into Action and Reflection 1159. Learners as Decision Makers: Harnessing the Power of Self Through Respect 12910. Learning with Ideas, Feelings, and Actions: Using the Whole Person 14911. Immediacy: Teaching What Is Really Useful to Learners 16112. Assuming New Roles for Dialogue: Embracing the Death of the Professor 17913. Teamwork: Celebrating Learning Together 19114. Engagement: Learning Actively 20315. Accountability: Knowing How They Know They Know 213Part Three: Becoming an Effective Teacher of Adults16. Reviewing the Twelve Principles and Quantum Thinking 22717. How Do You Know You Know? Supposing and Proposing 243Appendix: Ways of Doing Needs Assessment 247References 251Index 255