Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach: The Power of Dialogue in Educating Adults (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series) - Softcover
Synopsis
"Vella writes persuasively about the power of listening as the predominant tool for effective teaching.... This is a book that broadens cultural horizons, tears down superficial boundaries, and presents excellent practical ideas for all adult educators."
––NACADA Journal
"Anyone who wants to help make the world a better place should read this book. Jane Vella is an educator par excellence. But the message of this book is not for academics; it is for the people who will help things change on the ground. This book is about reality––real people, real situations, and what I call real development."
––James P. Grant, executive director, UNICEF
In a distinctly personal and highly entertaining style, Jane Vella reveals twelve basic principles of adult learning to offer a practical, proven, universally applicable approach to adult education.
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Review
Praise for the first edition of Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach The book is highly recommended reading for every trainer in the Habitat for Humanity organization. "The deep lessons [this book] contains creep up on you and flower into joyful insights. Jane Vella is one of the most gifted adult educators I have known." ––from the Foreword by Malcolm S. Knowles, professor emeritus, North Carolina State University "The stories furnish ′real life′ support for the effectiveness of this approach to adult learning in different cultures and give the reader the opportunity to vicariously experience popular education in action." –– Adult Education Quarterly "Recommended for anyone interested in education and training at any level." –– Library Journal
About the Author
JANE VELLA is president of Jubilee Popular Education Center in Raleigh, North Carolina and 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.
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