From Telling to Teaching- Part 2

A Dialogue Approach to Adult Learning

Karen Sherbondy, RD., LD.

Different teaching method

• Learner-centered education• Hands-on activities• Participants actively engaged in learning

Learning tasks

• Anchor

• Add

• Apply

• Away

Concerns

• Keeping dialogue on track• Handling misinformation

* Be sure to create an environment of acceptance and respect

Keeping dialogue on track

• Frequent summarization of the learners’ comments can assure dialogue continues to closure

• Summarization statements– Let’s review what has been mentioned so far.– In summary, we can say that most of you think…– I think I have heard you agree to the following…– Many of you have different opinions. Let’s take a

moment to review these.

Handling misinformation-Affirm, add, and move on

• Affirm person that made erroneous comment – Thank you for bringing that up since lots of people

think that.

• Give concise response – New research has shown that…

• Move on by reaffirming the learner and getting back to the discussion

Handling misinformation

• Traditionally we used to teach that_______• Now we know more about________• Other research has found________• We can discuss that later because the rest of

the group wants to move on

What have we learned?

• Learner-centered education approach• Eating Smart • Being Active curriculum

Let’s reflect…

And ponder…

• Describe your level of confidence in changing from a traditional teaching approach to using the facilitated dialogue process

• Think about your level before the training began

• Think about your level now

Before and after

Very confident

Somewhat confident

Confident

Not very confident

Not confident at all

O to 10 Scale

0 5 10

Not at all Somewhat Very

Discussion questions

• Describe the experience of teaching using the dialogue approach.

• What goals do you have?

• What concerns do you have?

• What are your questions?

Thank you for attending the training

Have a great weekend!!