by glpadmin | May 13, 2015 | Speaking of Dialogue
When my friend Maria and I get together, watch out world! Sunday, over a cup of tea on the back porch, we struggled with this axiom: Don’t tell what you can ask Don’t ask if you know the answer, Tell, in dialogue “How?” asked Maria. “How do you tell in dialogue?”...
by glpadmin | Jun 16, 2015 | Speaking of Dialogue
Fatemeh is a graduate student at the Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran. After discovering On Teaching and Learning on the shelf of the university library, she wrote me an email and we have had a vigorous virtual conversation ever since! Fatemeh found a copy of...
by glpadmin | Aug 10, 2015 | Speaking of Dialogue
Discuss is a word I do not use. I will not discuss anything because I hear in that word a tone of: Listen to my perception! It is the right one! Dis – cuss: ORIGIN late Middle English ‘examine by argument’): from Latin discuss- ‘dashed to pieces,’ later...
by glpadmin | Oct 20, 2015 | Speaking of Dialogue
This is a true story: In 2001 I was invited by Jossey-Bass publishers to do a second edition of Learning to Listen Learning to Teach. I thought, “Before I agree, I should read that book again!” I was working in California and faced a long airplane ride:...
by glpadmin | May 2, 2016 | Speaking of Dialogue
I want to be challenged when I am learning by excellent engagement. By this I mean, I want to be challenged by a learning task that stretches me, moves me to deep reflection and critique, and pushes me to hearty implementation of new concepts, attitudes or skills....
