Last week we closed out the celebration of our 25th anniversary with a reflection on all that we’ve accomplished. As we prepare to enter this next chapter, we are thrilled to unveil a revitalization of our brand. We’re still the same old GLP and our new look will feel...
BONUS Episode 211: Revolutionizing Learning at a Medical University in Chile
At the end of the violent dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in 1990, Chileans united for a newfound democracy. The short interview you are about to hear picks up at this historic time, when primary care doctors at Chile’s leading medical school called for a...
More from Jane’s back porch!
This week's reflections from Jane include a new word from the wordsmith in Twogether and an imperative to create an experience! Check them out and more reflections on Our Founder page.
More Personal Reflections from Jane
Read the latest musings from the back porch of our beloved founder, Dr. Jane Vella. In this week's collection, Jane creates a new word in Disappointment vs. Dis-attention. She reflects on the quote - hope is a memory of the future in It Takes a Village. In Tears of...
New Personal Reflections from Jane
Check out some new personal reflections from GLP Founder, Jane Vella. Jane continues to share learnings and affirmations about "the ecology of Dialogue Education" with insights from physical therapy and the gift of evolution. Evolution One Small Step at a Time
Episode 12: Learning is in the Doing and Deciding
On this final episode of Simply True, Jane is joined by all her co-hosts – Rebecca, Val, and Peter – to reflect on the axiom, “Learning is in the doing and deciding.” Val and Peter share similar stories – they met Jane over two decades ago, early on in their...
Episode 11: Foster “Ah-Ha” Moments
Dr. Jane Vella and Val Uccellani are joined by Tonjala Eaton, Career Coach and GLP Partner, to reflect on the axiom “foster ‘ah-ha’ moments, not ‘gotcha’ moments”. Tonjala was inspired by Jane’s writing many years ago and set her sights on becoming a learning-centered...
Episode 10: Hold / Fold the Opposites
Dr. Jane Vella and Rebecca Hutchins talk with Dan Haase, Associate Lecturer at Wheaton College, about the axiom “Hold the opposites” (aka “Fold the opposites”)…
Episode 9: Begin with the End in Mind
Dr. Jane Vella and Peter Noteboom are joined by Marian Darlington-Hope, community organizer and former co-owner of GLP, to discuss the axiom, “Begin with the end in mind.” In 1986, Marian read about a workshop at Tufts University and was immediately drawn to...
Episode 8: No Laughing, No Learning
Dr. Jane Vella and Rebecca Hutchins talk with Dr. Paula Berardinelli about on of Jane’s personal favorite axioms: “No laughing, no learning!” Jane and Paula have known each other since the last century at UNC Chapel Hill, and they are still very close friends...
Episode 7: Don’t Do For the Learners
Dr. Jane Vella and Val Uccellani talk with Ellen Turgasen RN about the axiom “Don’t do for the learners what they can do for themselves.” Ellen met Jane in 1985 when she took a Popular Education ‘bootcamp’ prior to flying off to Peru to work as a nurse for...
Episode 6: Classrooms Can Be Radical Spaces of Possibilities
Dr. Jane Vella and Rebecca Hutchins chat with Adriano Pianesi – Founder of ParticipAction Consulting and Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University – about the axiom “classrooms can be radical spaces of possibilities.” Like many others, Adriano read Learning...