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Learning-Centered, Learner-Centered, Teacher-Centered... What's the Difference?

From the Back Porch

by Jane Vella

The Moment Of Recognition

Whats New?!

A Message from Paula Berardinelli, GLPs New Chief Operating Officer

GLP Welcomes New Certified Practitioner & Teachers

Speaking of Dialogue the Dialogue Education blog has launched!

Study: Using Learner-centered Education to Improve Fruit and Vegetable Intake in California WIC Participants

Interesting Links

More Ways to Connect / Resources

View the remaining 2010 Public Course Schedule

In this issue Book review: The Miracle of Dialogue by Paul D. Nitz

Sample Design: Multiple Intelligences by Roxana and Ylad Popescu

a reflection by Joye Norris

Dialogue Events: How Dialogue Education Can Transform Star-Centered into Participant-Centered Celebrations ~ by Joan Dempsey

Finding the Sweet Spot: Creating Learning-Centered Workshops ~ by Dwayne Hodgson

Mourning The Death of the Professor ~ by Thoko Madonko

Bringing the Sacred into Learning ~ by Marshall Yoder and Jeanette Romkema

A Tapestry of Approaches ~ by Casey Boyle Eldridge

Labeling the Learning ~ by Rev. Paul D. Nitz

Learning to Listen A Skill for Life ~ by Daniel F. Sharaiha

Whats in the Spotlight? ~ by Michael Culliton

The Importance of Language and Culture Learning ~ by Debbie Witherow

How Words Become Action ~ by Jeanmaire Hryshko

Reflections on Teaching and Learning ~ by Jennifer Giezendanner

http://www.globalearning.com/schedule.htm

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Whats New?

Please join us in welcoming Paula Berardinelli, our new Chief of Operations!

In collaboration with our seven partners and our staff, Paula will provide vision, leadership

and management to move Global Learning Partners, Inc. to the next phase of development.

Paula is a long-time friend of GLP and practitioner of Dialogue Education, having studied

with Jane Vella in the early 1990s and co-authored How Do They Know They Know? with

Jane and Jim Burrow. Her extensive experience in business management is impressive. We

are excited that she is with us as we begin this new era of GLPs progress.

Welcome, Paula!

Karen Ridout, Chair, Board of Directors On behalf of the Partners and Staff of GLP

Greetings! It is an honor and a privilege for me to join the Global Learning Partners team on July 1st as the Chief of Operations. My background represents a tapestry woven with threads from Dialogue Education, consulting, training, new business creation, software development, and teaching with technology. As the COO, I am responsible for creating and ensuring that you, our colleagues, customers, clients, and advisors have a seamless and delightful experience engaging the

expertise, services, and resources of Global Learning Partners. I welcome your partnership and collaboration!

Virtually yours,

Paula Berardinelli, Ed. D. Chief of Operations paula@globalearningpartners.com

GLP also welcomes New Certified Dialogue Education Teachers (CDETs) Clayton Rowe

and Rika VanderLaan, and Certified Dialogue Education Practitioner J. Mark Bowers. Watch

for their bios and complete contact information to be added to our web site in the very near

future: www.globalearning.com/team.htm.

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We hope youve already had a chance to check out the newest addition to our repertoire of Dialogue

Education tools and resources Speaking of Dialogue, the Dialogue Education blog. Were just

getting started, but will be adding new content and resources on a weekly basis. We hope youre

finding the articles thought-provoking and that youll find inspiration in the real-life examples, sample

designs, free tools and resources, and with your participation, stimulating discussion among

practitioners.

The blog currently features three authors: Darlene Goetzman, Certified Dialogue Education Teacher

and GLP Partner; Joan Dempsey, GLP Programs Manager, and Jane Vella, GLP founder and Partner

Emeritus. Watch for additional authors and guest contributors to post from time to time as well.

If you havent checked it out yet, please visit soon! Dont forget to subscribe via email or RSS so you

dont miss anything. And be sure to contribute your feedback and experiences using the comment link

at the end of each article - join the dialogue!

More Ways to Connect

More Resources Dialogue Education Tips & Tools - a monthly e-publication that addresses a different topic (or

challenge) in each issue, and offers a variety of links, tools and other resources for Dialogue Education practitioners. View past issues. Subscribe.

Quotes & Questions a weekly e-publication designed to Inspire, Provoke and Support, by encouraging reflection on issues related to teaching and learning. Combining a single quotation

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or question with beautiful nature photography, this resource can also be downloaded in postcard format. Or, as one reader suggests:

Maryann K. Miernicki, RD, CLE Nutrition Education Coordinator American Red Cross WIC Program

If youre not already receiving Dialogue Education Tips & Tools, or Quotes & Questions, why not take a

moment to check them out?

Interesting Links 1. Teacher-centered vs. Learner-centered paradigms -

http://www.assessment.uconn.edu/docs/TeacherCenteredVsLearnerCenteredParadigms.pdf

2. Teacher vs. Learner-Centered Instruction -

http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/goalsmethods/learncentpop.html

3. The Learning-Centered Classroom: An Overview -

http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/ctl/fellows/0506overview.htm

4. Creating a Syllabus for the Learner-Centered Classroom -

http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/teachertraining/learnercentered/syllabus/textdocs/lc_sylla

bus.pdf

5. A list of resources, mostly by Phyllis Blumberg, on Learner-Centered Teaching -

http://www.usp.edu/teaching/Learner-Centered/

6. Learner Centered Course Goals -

http://www.4faculty.org/includes/digdeeper/lc_coursegoals.htm

I dont have a favorite quote to share but I did want to say that I LOVE receiving these

Quotes and Questions. Every time I get a new one, I make it my computer desktop

background and I read the quote every morning when I start my computer. I think it

is a great way to start the day and helps me keep dialogue education principles in

mind in my work. Thank you so much for doing this.

Have a great day! Maryann

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Jane Vella, Global Learning Partners, Inc. jane@globalearning.com

The Moment Of Recognition

I am deeply moved by the book I am reading on my back porch - The Bridge: The Life and

Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick. When Barack Obama was campaigning in

South Carolina in 2007 he heard a story about one of his young campaign workers in

that state, Ashley Baia. She had reached a reluctant, older black man who came to a

caucus. When the man was asked Why are you supporting Obama? he responded,

Because of Ashley.

Barack called this the moment of recognition. A young white campaign worker met and

touched an old South Carolina retired gentleman. Thus, is history made.

Who touched you in terms of how you teach and design learning? Whom would you

name if someone asked: Why are you doing the hard work that is involved in Dialogue

Education?

I would love to hea