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A Case For Dialogue In Public Education: Individual And Collective Learning Through The Dialogue Process, Ellen Schoenfeld-Beeks

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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the theoretical and conceptual elements of the Dial ogue process in the context of our present and pressing need for dynamic educational organization and reform. The Dialogue process provides an approach for shifting consciousness. Dialogue is thus reviewed as a vehicle for creating learning and transformation in individuals and groups by cultivating individual capacities to shift from a Newtonian-objective reality to a post-modem Systems world-view. Such a paradigm shift is relevant for understanding the underlying theory fundamental to constructivist practices, for integrating transformational thinking skills into curricula, and for creating the kind …