Online Self-Learning Course: Dialogic Learning

Welcome to this learning community!

These are the learning objectives of the course:

Upper completion of the course students will be able to

1. To analyze the scientific and intellectual literature about whether these successful education actions overcome or not the reproductive theorists that have said that education only can reproduce inequalities and not to overcome them. 

2. Students will learn the social and scientific theories that demonstrate that education is the best way for people to overcome inequalities and how these successful educational actions, the Dialogic Gatherings, do this.

3. They will be able to create and develop Dialogic Gatherings and their different modalities: literary, musical, feminist, scientific and so on. 

4. They will be able to lead the collective evaluation of the development of Dialogic Gatherings by the very participants.

5. They will be able to give talks and dialogue about Dialogic Gatherings with other colleagues, adult students and also researchers and theorists. They will be able to argument about these dialogues.

Teaching methods:

• Dialogic Gatherings about the theoretical bibliography of the course, through reading scientific articles and watching videos.

• Active involvement of participants by writing comments in the forum or promoting interactions and dialogue online.

Overview of the course

This course involves four units, each designed to help you begin the practice of Dialogic Learning (DL).

The first unit is titled “Scientific Bases and Dialogic Learning” and it focuses on the scientific bases of Dialogic Learning and its role in Adult Education. It is composed of 4 sessions and includes some documents, videos, and expert lectures.

The second unit is titled “Successful Educational Actions and Community Participation” and it will focus on successful educational actions implemented through Dialogic Learning in learning communities (schools, families, teachers, etc.). It consists of 6 sessions and includes some documents, videos, and expert lectures.

The third unit is titled “Dialogic Learning Overcoming Social Discriminations” and it will focus on the application of Dialogic Learning as a tool against social discrimination. It is made up of 2 sessions: the aim is to prevent and resolve conflicts and how it can be applied in multicultural learning communities.

The fourth unit is titled “Dialogic Learning in the current societies” and it explores the role of Dialogic Learning in contemporary societies and the role of it as a means of promoting democracy and the importance of leadership and empowerment in Adult Education. It is composed of 2 sessions and includes some documents, videos, and expert lectures.