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  | Dialogue Education is always evolving, and over the years I have increasingly noticed the importance and usefulness of two essential principles (and practices): transparency and congruence. Transparency invites us as designers and teachers to be our authentic selves at all times. (“Here I am . . . you get what you see.”) I [...] Henri Nouwen was a man of faith who once wrote this about the winter solstice (Advent): “This time of year I feel a growing stillness in myself…” I felt a strong connection to that phrase: a growing stillness. As an extravert who has to speak in order to know what she is [...] My newest passion about adult learning is depth. Whence depth? How can we be sure we are inviting and challenging learners to go deep! I want learners to not only learn the surface facts and figures,but to imagine implications,to reconstruct a concept to fit a context,to apply a skill and look [...] This short story will tell you a great deal about Global Learning PARTNERS. The partners and staff are having their summer meeting in Rhode Island at Valerie Uccellani’s parents’home in early June. I received a sweet invitation to join them –not for the meeting –but for the good fellowship,good food,[...] Paulo Freire continually asked,“What is to know?” I want to add another open question: How do you know you are right on,doing what folks truly need for their learning and yours? This week I realized: Joy is the measure. I feel and realize deep joy in learning and teaching –seeing groups [...] Monday was a dark cold March day in Raleigh North Carolina. As I tried to get moving,and go to my morning swim,I found myself sluggish and slow. then I opened the laptop:VOILA! Peter Noteboom’s photo albums from his HAITI learning to listen learning to teach course with PVO group leaders. Wow! [...] We had an inspiring dialogue about the usefulness of a tool to assure quality Dialogue Education designs and teaching. How do we know we are doing the best Dialogue Education with our students? Is there a checklist we can use to assure that we have thought of everything,done everything,executed as well as [...] Every time I have tea with a friend by my fire,I learn something important. Here are two examples:Susan Johnstone came to review her design for her Presentation of her research for her M.A. As we worked,I realized for the first time that immediate indicators of learning are often conceptual until there [...] Making Peace A voice from the dark called out,“The poets must give us imagination of peace,to oust the intense,familiar imagination of disaster. Peace,not only the absence of war.” But peace,like a poem,is not there ahead of itself,can’t be imagined before it is made,can’t be known except [...] This is the week of Thanksgiving in the US,and brings me to grateful thoughts and feelings. The Greek word eu means good. The Greek word charis means gift. Good gift…Eu-charis…or as the Greeks say:Thanks! This poem by Denise Levertov shows how everything can be seen as gift: THE AVOWAL As swimmers [...] | ||||
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