... a quarterly journal published by Global Learning Partners
 
Spring 2007
ISSUE 9

From Jane's Back Porch

In their workshop on Polarities at the 2006 Dialogue Education Institute, Mary Nations and Karen Ridout used a Mobius strip to show how we need not only hold the opposites, but we can fold the opposites. >>more

What's New!

New Ownership for Global Learning Partners
In order to rise to the challenges in 2007 and beyond,
five new owners have joined two prior owners and three staff members
to reorganize GLP. >>more

Podcasts with Jane Vella!
(a podcast is an audio recording that you can listen to on your computer or a portable mp3 device) >>more

GLP 2007 Public Course Schedule

Striking the Safety Balance

Dialogue is Dangerous When it is Done Right: Promoting More Courage and Less Safety
by Christine Little ~ Global Director of Learning and Organization Development
Habitat for Humanity Int'l ~ Americus, GA

The meeting was stalled with 40 people standing in clusters around the edges of the room. They were stuck, frustrated, and looking for me help them out. For a day we had moved through the safer activities of the meeting, working in small groups, gathering input for the content of a purpose statement, discussing and charting the stickier points of process and structure. >>more

Safety: Bounded Freedom
by Darlene Goetzman ~ Partner, Global Learning Partners ~ Allegany, NY
The creation and experience of safety, like all Dialogue Education (DE) principles, is historically constituted, and therefore both time and situation-specific. And, like the other DE principles it is the intersection of principles that evokes the learning experience. >>more

Assuring Safety in a Learning Event
by Jeanette Romkema ~ Partner, Global Learning Partners ~ Toronto, ON
Safety is critical for a successful learning event: safety for the learner and the teacher. When it is present more sustainable learning is guaranteed... >>more

Safety: So That Everyone Can Learn
by Dr. Jane Vella ~ Founder, Partner Emeritus, Global Learning Partners, Raleigh, NC
Join Jane on her backporch in this podcast interview. >>more

Safety on a Complex Continuing Care Hospital Unit
by Denise Dodham ~ Advance Practice Leader, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance ~ Chatham, ON
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance's Rehab/Complex Continuing Care program is dedicated to an elder-friendly approach to care. >>more

Voices from the Field: Teaching Mathematics in a Whole New Way

by Clement Srekumah ~ Catholic University of Ghana ~ Ghana
I quite remember the fateful days when it all began... >>more

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