Reinventing Adult Jewish Learning
Author: Betsy Dolgin Katz
Publisher: Ktav Publishing House
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781602802070
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Publisher: Ktav Publishing House
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781602802070
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Diane Tickton Schuster
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2022-06-16
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1666724254
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What do we mean by "adult Jewish learning"? Where is contemporary adult Jewish learning taking place? What kinds of learning matter to adult Jewish learners in the twenty-first century? Portraits of Adult Jewish Learning boldly tackles these questions through the exploration of various learners' experiences in diverse circumstances: couples exploring a Jewish museum, actors co-creating a Jewish-themed play, social justice activists consolidating their Jewish values and identities, Jewish preschool educators visiting Israel, Jewish and non-Jewish staff at a Jewish social service agency studying traditional texts together, Latinx converts seeking to understand "how to be a good Jew," members of a Torah study group producing their own commentaries, Jewish community leaders coming to terms with the challenges of Jewish pluralism. Using the social science methodology of portraiture, the authors provide nuanced detail about the wide range of participants, settings, subject matter, and ways of meaning making that characterize adult Jewish learning today. Viewing these narratives side by side enables readers to think "outside the frame" about programming, curricula, pedagogies, and contexts that encourage meaningful adult learning. This book will capture the imagination of educational leaders, clergy, policymakers, philanthropists, teachers, and adult learners, and will spark conversation about how to enrich the field of adult Jewish learning overall.
Author: Roberta Louis Goodman
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780867050875
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This comprehensive guide presents theory from the field of secular adult education in light of the questions and concerns of all aspects of adult Jewish education including learning theory curriculum programming planning budgeting and educational philosophy.
Author: Alex Pomson
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780814333839
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A groundbreaking study on the impact of Jewish day schools in the lives of parents and children. Beyond the walls of their synagogues, Jewish adults are creating religious meaning in new and diverse ways in a range of unconventional sites. In Back to School, authors Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor argue that the Jewish day school serves as one such site by bringing adults and children together for education, meeting, study, and worship-like ceremonies. Pomson and Schnoor suggest that day school functions as a locus of Jewish identity akin to the Jewish streets or neighborhoods that existed in many major North American cities in the first half of the twentieth century. Back to School began as an ethnographic study of the Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School (DJDS) in Toronto, a private, religiously pluralistic day school that balances its Jewish curriculum with general studies. Drawing on a longitudinal study at DJDS, and against the backdrop of a comparative study of two other Toronto day schools as well as four day schools from the U.S. Midwest, Pomson and Schnoor argue that when parents choose Jewish schools for their children they look for institutions that satisfy not only their children's academic and emotional needs but also their own social and personal concerns as Jewish adults. The authors found an uncommon degree of involvement and engagement on the part of the parents, as genuine friendships and camaraderie blossomed between parents, faculty, and administrators. In addition, the authors discovered that parents who considered themselves secular Jews were introduced to or reacquainted with the depth and meaning of Jewish tradition and rituals through observing or taking part in school activities. Sitting on the cusp between the disciplines of education and the sociology of contemporary Jewish life, Back to School offers important policy implications for how Jewish day schools might begin to re-imagine their relationships with parents. Jewish parents, Jewish studies scholars, as well as researchers of educational and social trends will enjoy this evocative volume.
Author: Adult Jewish Learning Task Force
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 56
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Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 678
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Author: Diane Tickton Schuster
Publisher: Behrman House Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780807407882
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Invigorate adult learning by providing insight into how Jewish adults learn and grow through their individual experiences.
Author: Roberta Louis Goodman
Publisher: Torah Aura Productions
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 602
ISBN-13: 1934527076
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When What We Know about Jewish Education was first published in 1992, Stuart Kelman recognized that knowledge and understanding would greatly enhance the ability of professionals and lay leaders to address the many challenges facing Jewish education. With increased innovation, the entry of new funders, and the connection between Jewish education and the quality of Jewish life, research and evaluation have become, over the last two decades, an integral part of decision making, planning, programming, and funding.
Author: Barry Chazan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 103
ISBN-13: 3030839257
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is aimed at Improving contemporary educational practice by rooting it in clear analytical thinking. The book utilizes the analytic approach to philosophy of education to elucidate the meaning of the terms: ‘education’; ‘moral education; ‘indoctrination?; ;’‘contemporary American Jewish education’’; ‘informal Jewish education?; ’‘the Israel experience’; and? Israel education?. The final chapter of the book presents an educator’s credo for 21st-century Jewish education and general education. Barry Chazan is Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Research Professor at the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development.
Author: Diane Tickton Schuster
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2019-01-11
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1532659091
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Portraits of Jewish Learning brings together colorful accounts of the ways that Jewish students today are having meaningful learning experiences in day school classrooms, Hebrew programs, synagogue-based schools, and high school and college courses that push students out of their comfort zone. Whether the students are second graders engaged in text analysis, sixth graders solving complex "mystery puzzles" about Jewish values, or teens encountering "counter-narratives" about Israel's history, these stories--informed by careful and disciplined inquiry--prompt readers to reflect on questions of what Jewish learning is, what we can discover by studying experiences of learning at close range and over time, and how Jewish education can respond to the needs and interests of Jewish learners who seek a Judaism that is relevant in today's world. The work of researchers and practitioners who are changing the landscape of contemporary Jewish education, these portraits are designed to encourage critical discussion among educational leaders, clergy, policymakers, philanthropists, and parents, as well as teachers and those aspiring to work in Jewish education. They invite us to think about the many ways that today's Jewish education can be enriched by experimentation and innovation.