Tuesdays with Jane: Week #10

(Tuesdays with Jane is a virtual learning series for those wishing to read or re-read Jane’s books and immediately apply their new learning to their workplace. In preparation for this task, read Chapter 9 of Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach.)

Learners as Decision Makers:  Harnessing the Power of Self through Respect

The memory of those weeks in Nepal gave me chills of joy and excitement as I read Chapter Nine! The snow capped mountains, the Himalayas! The spirit of that group of Save the Children Nepal expert staff! The laughter in that dirt floored stable!

I think this is my favorite story in the whole book because it is dense with learning: principles, practices, examples, situations used to evoke new thinking, and new actions!

Wouldn’t you love to talk to Durga today?

I must confess that I was in tears as I read page 145 on Ram Bhal’s design for the closure of the workshop!

Some great lines from Chapter Nine:

  •   “The content of a course is sheer potential, waiting for learners and teacher to develop it to fit their context.” p130
  •   “Durga … pointed proudly to himself, saying, ‘Subject!’” p130
  •   “Imagine a toothache six days walk away from a dentist!” p131
  •   “They named the stable gaiko got: ‘the place of learning.’” p133
  •   “Education and training are only as good as they are accountable.” p134
  •   “’Talk, talk, talk,’ she had said. ‘All they do is talk, and we… we learn nothing!’” p136
  •   “Perhaps the best part of this dialogue education approach is that the teacher learns, changes, and grows.” p146

A LEARNING TASK: 

What struck you most in this chapter? What ideas, attitudes or skills from this chapter have you used in your designing and teaching?

Where is your personal gaiko got?

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