Public Course Schedule & Registration
Learning to Listen, Learning to
Teach:
The Principles & Practices of Dialogue Education™
This dynamic 4-day workshop provides the building blocks of
Dialogue Education™, a powerful system for teaching and curriculum design that results in better learning, transfer and retention. Applying the insights of Jane Vella’s book Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, the course merges research-based principles and practices for successful learning with a focus on engagement, practice, feedback, and mutual accountability.
Who Should Attend?
Teachers, trainers and facilitators, especially those who work with adult learners, will immediately see improved results in their learning events. Participants are typically from the voluntary, private, academic and government sectors, and involved in facilitation, in-house training, public education and outreach, capacity building, managing organizational learning, and organizing business and strategic planning meetings.
Why Should You Attend?
Want to improve the process and results of your training and teaching efforts? Want to go beyond lectures and PowerPoint presentations and really engage your learners? Want demonstrable results that allow you to see, hear and know that learning has occurred?
If you answered yes to any of the above, then this course is for you!
More than 3500 individuals and their organizations across the globe have increased the impact of their learning programs with
Dialogue Education™, a transparent, learning-centered system that directly links what people do in a learning event to the changes desired on the job, at home and across organizations.
When and Where is the workshop offered?
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach is offered as a public
course throughout North America on a regular basis. Please see our Schedule & Registration page for
upcoming sessions and locations.
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach is also offered in
several languages as a customizable, in-house course for your business or organization. Please
contact us for a quotation.
What are the content and the learning objectives for the workshop?
This workshop is based on the field research and teaching found in
the book
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach (Jossey-Bass,
2002) by Dr. Jane Vella.
By the end of this workshop you will have:
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Examined how to make learning real, meaningful, and relevant |
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Used the Learning Needs Resource Assessment |
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Created a 30 minute design for learning using the
Eight Steps of Design© |
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Integrated cognitive, affective and psycho-motor domains in Learning Tasks |
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Identified learning transfer goals |
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participated in three strong closings |
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Designed and taught using the Dialogue Education™ system |
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Worked in, and used small group effectiveness techniques |
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Named and used the Principles and Practices for sustainable learning |
Tuition includes all workshop materials and supplies, a 60-page manual, and two teaching tools. You will also receive copy of Dr. Jane Vella’s book,
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach.
Class size: 16 (due to participative, learning-centered approach)
Length: 4 full days
Languages: English, Spanish
