The Principle of Visuals in the Practice of Dialogue Education
Introduction to this Issue
by Darlene Goetzman ~ Partner ~ Global Learning Partners, Inc ~ Syracuse, NY
Dialogue Education roots itself in Paulo Freire’s work in Brazil; those readers familiar with his literacy work particularly will remember the use of pictures to depict aspects of the human experience specifically within the workers’ lives (codification). >>more
Eat a Rainbow on Your Plate ~ A Presentation
by Allison Beeman ~ Glenn County Health WIC
and Maria Carrasco and Yvonne Duron ~ Delta Health Center WIC ~ CA
Introduction by Valerie Uccellani, GLP Partner. >>more
Using Images in Hospice Care
by Susan MacDonald ~ Hospice Volunteer ~ Toronto, ON
My challenge: I work in a hospice and am responsible for the recruitment and training of all of our volunteers including caregivers, cooks and cleaners. The caregivers receive 40 hours of training so that they have a very good understanding of palliative care by the time they come to work at the hospice. >>more
Turn Up the Color!
by Suzanne Malone, RD ~ San Francisco Department of Public Health, Nutrition Services ~ CA
Welcome to the “FLAVOR of Nutrition” train-the-trainer series. As you walk into the regularly drab windowless conference room, I invite you to take a seat and enjoy the juicy red strawberries and the combination of soft, crunchy, sweet and salty trail mix placed on the bright yellow cloth on the table before you. >>more
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
by Mireille Massue ~ Toronto, ON
A friend and I decided to take a day trip to see the petroglyphs, one of the largest known concentrations of aboriginal rock carvings in Canada, located in Peterbourgh, Ontario. While we were looking at a particular engraving, one of the tour guides joined us. What was fascinating about the conversation, out of a single line, a story was told. >>more (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
Ways of Knowing: Visual and Written Text, in Concert
by Jeanette Romkema ~ Partner ~ Global Learning Partners, Inc ~ Toronto, ON
Victor Burgin in Seeing Sense suggests that there are two distinct forms of communication in the world of text, words and images. I like to call these the written text and the visual text.
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Synesthesia
by Renee van der Stelt ~ Museum Educator ~
Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture ~
UMBC ~ Baltimore, MD
Airi Yoshioka teaches a course at UMBC in composing music, and I run the museum/gallery educational programs for CADVC. Every spring, we work together to design an activity for her composition class that includes a visualization of a piece of music. The visual activity is also related in some way to what is on view in our gallery exhibition. A couple of years ago an exhibition organized by iCI called “What Sound Does a Color Make?” was on view. Airi and I were thinking about synesthetic experiences in the program... >>more
Blending Dialogue Education and PowerPoint (first published in Voices in Dialogue, Summer 2005)
by Dwayne Hodgson ~ Programs Director ~ Global Learning Partners ~ Ottawa, ON
Those who have taken a course with Global Learning Partners often comment on the fact that we don't use Power Point and LCD projectors for our workshops. Their comments are either complimentary ("Wow! I'm so tired of yet another PowerPoint presentation! It's great to see another way to hold a workshop") or puzzled ("How can I use Dialogue Education in a situation where my colleagues expect me to use PowerPoint?"). >>more
Weighing in on the PowerPoint Conversation (first published in Voices in Dialogue, Autumn 2005)
by Christine Little ~ Global Director of Learning and Organization Development ~
Habitat for Humanity Int'l ~ Americus, GA
Where I work (Latin America), PowerPoint is de rigueur, and a signal that the “presenter” knows what he/she is talking about. In a current process we are undergoing with strategic planning, I am also seeing PowerPoint presentations that are purposefully designed to impress, rather than to inform. >>more
