From Jane's Back Porch

by Jane Vella ~ GLP Founder
It is always a privilege to come to you from my back porch. The tea kettle is singing! Welcome! >>more

Dialogue Education for 20-200

Suggestions for Large Groups
by Mike Elfant
From the 2005 Dialogue Education Institute we know from experience that you certainly can apply most of the Principles & Practices (P&Ps) of Dialogue Education to fairly large groups! >>more

Teaching 95 Brazilian Young Adults
by Isabel Murphy
I gave a course in cross-cultural communications to 95 young Brazilian adults. The first thing I did was send out a SOS to Global Learning Partners... >>more

Designing for New Members of Parliament
by Ann Blyberg
In the fall I designed a learning program on a Human Rights Perspective to Budgeting... The group, already starting around 30 people, expanded by “popular demand” to 45-50... >>more

Dialogue Education in Higher Education
by Rhonda McEwen
I recently taught a graduate course with 35 people and tried to be intentional about applying the principles and practices of Dialogue Education. >>more

 

Highlights

SURE-Fire Meetings
Create and facilitate engaging, participatory, and effective meetings using the Dialogue Education Approach! First offering: May 24-25, 2006 more>>

Milestone Announcement
by Peter Noteboom ~ GLP Executive Director
From January 20-22, 2006 in Toronto, several Senior Associates of Global Learning Partners met to explore establishing a professional partnership corporation as equal shareholders of Global Learning Partners, Inc. >>more

Attend the Dialogue Education Institute!
2006 marks the 25th Anniversary of Jubilee Popular Education / Global Learning Partners. We will be holding a 3-day conference in October 5-8 in Montpelier, Vermont, preceded and followed by other course offerings. >>more

Upcoming Courses & Events
Jane is not succeeding so well at retirement at this point in time; in the next four weeks she is off to MEDED in Philadelphia, the Tate Gallery in London, England, the CORE Group in Maryland, and the Annual Symposium of Learning at Simon Fraser University in BC! >>more

Newest Member of Voices

Welcome!
A dialogue of actual words may not quite be there between Dwayne and this litte guy yet, but we want to welcome Isaac Samuel Kendrick Wind, born on Sunday, February 26, 2006. >>more

Invitations

Call for Proposals and Designs for 2006 DEI
We invite Dialogue Education practitioners to lead a Workshop OR share a design in a Facilitated Poster Session-a forum to share designs with conference participants. >>

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