The Author Jane Vella founded the Jubilee Popular Education Center (now Global Learning Partners) in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is an 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 the author of five Jossey-Bass titles including Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach; Taking Learning to Task; and Dialogue Education at Work. She can be contacted at jane@globalearning.com.

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• Foreword xiPreface xvAcknowledgments xxviiThe Author xxixIntroduction 1Part One: Structured 91. Why Structure? 112. Learning Needs and Resources Assessment 193. The Seven Design Steps 31Part Two: Social 514. The Learning Task in a Small Group 535. Individual Learning Enhanced 67Part Three: Sound 816. Principles and Practices: Current State of the Art 837. Open Questions Invite Dialogue 1118. The Designer’s Skill: Trust Your Design 117Part Four: Sure 1279. Indicators of Learning, Transfer, and Impact 12910. Impact and the Seven Design Steps 137Part Five: Synthesis: Putting It All Together 14711. Putting It All Together: Examples of Dialogue Education Designs 14912. An On-Line Course Using Dialogue Education 16713. Dialogue Education in School Leadership 17114. Dialogue Education in Health Care Settings 19115. Dialogue Education in a College Classroom 205Appendix A: Glossary of Terms Used in Dialogue Education 215Appendix B: Tough Verbs for Learning Tasks 221References 223Index 227

The Author Jane Vella founded the Jubilee Popular Education Center (now Global Learning Partners) in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is an 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 the author of five Jossey-Bass titles including Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach; Taking Learning to Task; and Dialogue Education at Work. She can be contacted at jane@globalearning.com.

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• Foreword xiPreface xvAcknowledgments xxviiThe Author xxixIntroduction 1Part One: Structured 91. Why Structure? 112. Learning Needs and Resources Assessment 193. The Seven Design Steps 31Part Two: Social 514. The Learning Task in a Small Group 535. Individual Learning Enhanced 67Part Three: Sound 816. Principles and Practices: Current State of the Art 837. Open Questions Invite Dialogue 1118. The Designer’s Skill: Trust Your Design 117Part Four: Sure 1279. Indicators of Learning, Transfer, and Impact 12910. Impact and the Seven Design Steps 137Part Five: Synthesis: Putting It All Together 14711. Putting It All Together: Examples of Dialogue Education Designs 14912. An On-Line Course Using Dialogue Education 16713. Dialogue Education in School Leadership 17114. Dialogue Education in Health Care Settings 19115. Dialogue Education in a College Classroom 205Appendix A: Glossary of Terms Used in Dialogue Education 215Appendix B: Tough Verbs for Learning Tasks 221References 223Index 227

The Author Jane Vella founded the Jubilee Popular Education Center (now Global Learning Partners) in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is an 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 the author of five Jossey-Bass titles including Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach; Taking Learning to Task; and Dialogue Education at Work. She can be contacted at jane@globalearning.com.

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• Foreword xiPreface xvAcknowledgments xxviiThe Author xxixIntroduction 1Part One: Structured 91. Why Structure? 112. Learning Needs and Resources Assessment 193. The Seven Design Steps 31Part Two: Social 514. The Learning Task in a Small Group 535. Individual Learning Enhanced 67Part Three: Sound 816. Principles and Practices: Current State of the Art 837. Open Questions Invite Dialogue 1118. The Designer’s Skill: Trust Your Design 117Part Four: Sure 1279. Indicators of Learning, Transfer, and Impact 12910. Impact and the Seven Design Steps 137Part Five: Synthesis: Putting It All Together 14711. Putting It All Together: Examples of Dialogue Education Designs 14912. An On-Line Course Using Dialogue Education 16713. Dialogue Education in School Leadership 17114. Dialogue Education in Health Care Settings 19115. Dialogue Education in a College Classroom 205Appendix A: Glossary of Terms Used in Dialogue Education 215Appendix B: Tough Verbs for Learning Tasks 221References 223Index 227