Practical Ethic for Learning Conveners

This aims to describe how our courses run from the Learning Convener's perspective, and is a historical document from the beginning of the Bailey Scholars Program.  It gives an idea of how the practice of our ethos is implemented in our academic classroom work.

Dialogue Resources

Prepared by Diane Doberneck for Convener's Retreat, Spring 2008.

Ellinor, L. & Gerard, D. 1999). Dialogue, chpt. 13, pp. 217-232, in eds. Peggy Holman & Tom Devane, The Change Handbook:  Group Methods for Shaping the Future.  San Francisco:  Berrett Koehler.

Isaacs, W. (1999). Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together. New York:  Currency.

Kaner, S. (1996). Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers.

Owen, H. (1997). Open Space Technology: A User's Guide. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

Senge, P., et al. (1994). The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization. New York: Currency.

"The Power of Talk," collection of articles from the UTNE reader on dialogue.  July-August 2002, pp. 54-65.

Wheatly, M. J. (2002). Turning to one another: simple conversations to restore hope in the future. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

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