Learning Through Dialogue

Learning Through Dialogue offers an alternative approach to teaching and learning, which utilizes Martin Buber’s dialogical principles: turning toward, addressing affirmatively, listening attentively, and responding responsibly. The book first presents Buber’s educational theory and method and second presents specific examples of how Buber’s dialogical philosophy can be applied in the classroom.

Kenneth Paul Kramer is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religious Studies at San Jose State University, where he taught from 1978 to 2001. He is the author of Redeeming Time: T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets (2007); Martin Buber's I and Thou: Practicing Living Dialogue (2003); Death Dreams: Unveiling Mysteries of the Unconscious Mind (1993); The Sacred Art of Dying (1988); and World Scriptures: An Introduction to Comparative Religions (1986).

Foreword Preface Introduction Part ITHEORY/METHOD Chapter 1 Buber's Two Ways of Learning Chapter 2 Buber's Method of Inclusion Chapter 3 Teaching as Unteaching Chapter 4 The Broadest Frame: Dialogue as Meta-Methodology Part IIAPPLICATION/PRACTICE Chapter 5 Dialogues with Texts Chapter 6 Dialogues with Students Chapter 7 Interview Dialogues Chapter 8 Journal Dialogues Conclusion Critical Terms Works Cited Notes Index