The Dialogue Education Principles Game!

No matter how long I've been out of school (don't ask!), September always feels like the real start of the New Year for me. You can keep your Julian, Gregorian, lunar, Chinese, liturgical, fiscal and astronomical calendars; the academic schedule is really what defines the seasons and rhythms of life for me. But after a summer of kite-flying, canoe-paddling, hammock-swinging and beer-nursing, September also means that we need to review what we've learned before. And even experience adult educators can benefit from a refresher! So to celebrate the real New Year, here's a Back-to-School Dialogue Education Review Game to refresh, reinvigorate and reactivate your knowledge of 12 selected principles of Dialogue Education, as synthesized by the work of Jane Vella, founder of Global Learning Partners.

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Quarter Round

What is "quarter-round" and what does it have to do with learning? Let me explain...

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Building a Toy House

My two kids enjoy playing with small plastic animals so I thought that I'd buy them one of those funky, wooden Plan Toys houses for Christmas. But when I saw what that these cost up to $200 each, I kept visualizing my Master Carpenter Dad shaking his head at me spending so much for something he could whip together in his workshop. But alas, I have what amounts to a Blue Thumb in Carpentry, and needed to call in the pro's.

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