Learning to listen, learning to teach: the power of dialogue in educating adults

Part one: a process that works and why. Twelve principles for effective adult learning

Quantum thinking and dialogue education

How the principles inform course design: two examples

Part two: the principles in practice: across cultures and around the world. Learning needs and resources assessment: taking the first step in dialogue

Safety: creating a safe environment for learning

Sound relationships: using the power of friendship

Sequence and reinforcement: supporting their learning

Praxis: turning practice into action and reflection

Learners as decision makers: harnessing the power of self through respect

Learning with ideas, feelings, and actions: using the whole person

Immediacy: teaching what is really useful to learners

Assuming new roles for dialogue: embracing the death of the professor

Teamwork: celebrating learning together

Engagement: learning actively

Accountability: knowing how they know they know

Part three: becoming an effective teacher of adults. Reviewing the twelve principles and quantum thinking

How do you know you know? Supposing and proposing

Appendix: Ways of doing needs assessment.