Dr. Philip Silva is a CDET with more than fifteen years of experience working in the Dialogue Education tradition. He regularly consults on curriculum design, strategy, and communications for a diversity of organizations across sectors, and he has spearheaded the development of holistic curriculum product strategies in leadership roles at regional and national non-profit organizations. His scholarly research has explored themes of knowledge production, participatory science, and informal learning in small environmental organizations, with papers published in leading journals and peer-reviewed books. He is the Co-Founder and former Director of TreeKIT, a participatory research initiative helping city dwellers measure, map, and collaboratively manage urban forests. As a founding editor of The Nature of Cities, he has produced essays, podcasts, and book reviews for a global audience. Dr. Silva was a 2012-2015 Fellow of the Design Trust for Public Space, leading participatory monitoring and evaluation initiatives for community gardeners in New York City and developing a toolkit of impact data collection practices that spread to gardens on six continents. He resides in New Jersey, where he spends time in his garden and volunteers with coastal conservation and maritime history organizations.
Philip’s Resources
Working with “The What”— Exploring the Contours of Content
I’ve been working with the principles and practices of Dialogue Education for more than a decade. I’ve come to feel as if too little has been said about the content of our courses, workshops, and classes — how we find content, how we shape it, how we select it, and...
Episode 101: What is a Learning-Centered Approach?
On our inaugural episode of Shift the Power, we explore the revolutionary “learning-centered approach” to education and training with Val Uccellani and Philip Silva. We also discuss how principles of safety and respect are brought to bear in education, and how…