Vella 1989

Vella, Jane. 1989.Learning to teach: Training of trainers for community development. Washington, DC: OEF International. 76 pages. 0912917199. Location: Dallas SIL Library 307.1407 V439. Interest level: lay specialist.

Is a resource training manual designed for field staff of Save the Children and other development organizations. Outlines lesson plans and procedures for conducting a 10-day workshop to train teachers. Is based on the teaching philosophy of Paulo Freire. Challenges teachers to educate from the eyes of the learner. Workshop topics include the following:

• Adult learning theory and communications theory
• Problem solving
• Group dynamics
• Utilization of available resources
• Rules of feedback
• Meeting resistance
• Accountability
• Designing teaching materials

• Bibliography module: Vella 1989
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): V
• In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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