Download or read book Israel Education Matters written by Ezra M. Kopelowitz and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israel education is a persistent dilemma in Jewish education with practices that fail to inspire or make the case that Israel is integral to contemporary American Jewish life. This book offers a new strategy and an educational paradigm shift for the success of Israel education in the Diaspora.
Download or read book A Philosophy of Israel Education written by Barry Chazan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-20 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops a new philosophy of Israel education. “Person-centered” Israel education is concerned with developing in individual learners the ability to understand and make rational, emotional, and ethical decisions about Israel, and about the challenges Israel regularly faces, whether they be existential, spiritual, democratic, humanitarian, national, etc. Chazan begins by laying out the terms of the conversation then examines the six-pronged theory of “person-centered” Israel education to outline the aims, content, pedagogy, and educators needed to implement this program. Finally, the author meditates on what a transformation from ethnic to ethical education might look like in this context and others. This book is Open Access under a CC-BY license.
Download or read book K 12 Mathematics Education In Israel Issues And Innovations written by Movshovitz-hadar Nitsa and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides the reader with a multifaceted picture of mathematics education in Israel, put into an international perspective where relevant. It is intended to give an overview of a wide range of topics covering issues such as raising and maintaining motivation, search for excellence, treatment of difficulties, teacher education, language issues, minorities issues, curriculum changes over the first 70 years of the state of Israel, and many more. This includes aspects of research and practice into the teaching and learning of mathematics, innovation, developments, policy, achievements, and implementation with some international comparison as well. Contents: Issues and Innovations Related to the Structure of Mathematics Education in Israel: Highlights in the Development of Education and Mathematics Education in the State of Israel: A Timeline (Michael N Fried, Hannah Perl and Abraham Arcavi) How Did a Crisis in Mathematics Education Lead to a Positive Reform? (Muhana Fares) A Start-Up Nation at Risk: Israel's Quest for Excellence (Eli Hurvitz) Supervision of Mathematics Teaching by the Ministry of Education (Hannah Perl, Dorit Neria, Ruth Segal and Niza Sion) Mathematics Education in Israeli Religious High-Schools (Thierry (Noah) Dana-Picard and Sara Hershkovitz) Excellence in Mathematics in the Ultra-Orthodox Community: Fantasy or Reality? (Reuven Gal, Yehuda Morgenstern and Yael Elimelech) Mathematics Education in the Arabic-Speaking Sectors in Israel (Shaker A Rasslan and Amal Sharif-Rasslan) Issues and Innovations Related to Mathematics Education at Preschool and Primary School (Grades K-6) in Israel: New Developments and Trends in Preschool Mathematics Education in Israel (Ornit Spektor-Levy and Taly Shechter) Origametria — Paper Folding for Teaching Geometry in Preschool and Primary School (John Oberman) Educating the Eye: The Agam Program for Visual Thinking (Rina Hershkowitz, Zvia Markovits, Sherman Rosenfeld, Lea Ilani and Bat-Sheva Eylon) Professional Development for Preschool Teachers: The CAMTE Framework and Repeating Patterns (Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir, Esther Levenson and Ruthi Barkai) Time to Know — A Socio-constructivist Initiative to Integrate Computers in the Teaching and Learning of Primary Mathematics (Dovi Weiss and Tali Wallach) Issues and Innovations Related to Mathematics Education at Middle and High School (Grades 7–12) in Israel: Exhausting Students' Potential in Mathematics: A Comprehensive Approach to Promoting Both Struggling and Promising Students (Orit Zaslavsky, Liora Linchevski, Noga Hermon, Drora Livneh and Iris Zodik) Middle School Mathematics Curriculum Based on the Power of Open Technological Tools: The Case of CompuMath Project (Rina Hershkowitz and Michal Tabach) Mathematics at the Virtual School: Why? Why not? Who? What? And So What? (Yaniv Biton, Osnat Fellus, Dafna Raviv, David Feilchenfeld and Boris Koichu) Nurturing Students with High Mathematical Potential (Abraham (Avi) Berman and Roza Leikin) The Bar-Ilan University — ICAMS Program for the Advancement of Mathematically Talented Youth (Zvi Arad and Elisheva (Gerstein) Fridman) Mathematical Excellence: The Mofet Way (Tamara Avissar-Zeldis) The Advancement of Mathematics Studies in the ORT Israel Educational Network — Policy and Implementation (Lea Dolev and Eli Eisenberg) Promoting Advanced-Level Mathematics in Diverse Populations in the Amal Educational Network (Ronit Ashkenazy and Anna Vaknin) Problem-Solving Forums on Social Networks that Accompany
Download or read book International Handbook of Jewish Education written by Helena Miller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-04-02 with total page 1299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Handbook of Jewish Education, a two volume publication, brings together scholars and practitioners engaged in the field of Jewish Education and its cognate fields world-wide. Their submissions make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the field of Jewish Education as we start the second decade of the 21st century. The Handbook is divided broadly into four main sections: Vision and Practice: focusing on issues of philosophy, identity and planning –the big issues of Jewish Education. Teaching and Learning: focusing on areas of curriculum and engagement Applications, focusing on the ways that Jewish Education is transmitted in particular contexts, both formal and informal, for children and adults. Geographical, focusing on historical, demographic, social and other issues that are specific to a region or where an issue or range of issues can be compared and contrasted between two or more locations. This comprehensive collection of articles providing high quality content, constitutes a difinitive statement on the state of Jewish Education world wide, as well as through a wide variety of lenses and contexts. It is written in a style that is accessible to a global community of academics and professionals.
Download or read book Family Matters written by Jack Wertheimer and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2007 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative look at the current state of Jewish eduction in the United States
Download or read book Why Israel and its Future Matters written by John L. Rosove and published by Ben Yehuda Press. This book was released on 2023-11-04 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in the form of letters from a rabbi to his sons, Why Israel (and its Future) Matters argues that young Jews need Israel as a source of pride, connection, and Jewish renewal, and Israel needs them for the liberal values that they can bring to the Zionist enterprise. Exploring the roots and the occasionally antisemitic branches of the campaign against Israel, Rabbi Rosove demonstrates why it’s wrong to characterize Israel as an “oppressor state” and damn it with blanket condemnations. A 15-page appendix features a timeline/mini-history of Zionism and Israel from the 19th century through October 2023. “A must-read!” —Isaac Herzog, President of Israel “This thoughtful and passionate book reminds us that commitment to Israel and to social justice are essential components of a healthy Jewish identity.” —Yossi Klein Halevi, author, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor “In its call for ‘aspirational Zionism,’ the book is honest and tough about Israel’s flaws, but optimistic about the country’s direction and filled with practical strategies for promoting change. This is a no-nonsense, straight-talking work, intellectually rigorous but deeply personal.” —Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President Emeritus, Union for Reform Judaism “A moving love letter to Israel from a rabbinic leader who refuses to give into despair, but instead recommits to building a democratic Israel that lives up to the vision of its founders.” —Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Executive Director, T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights “Rabbi Rosove grapples with modern Israel, Jewish identity, relations between Israelis and Diaspora Jews, and perhaps most significantly whether ‘you can maintain your ethical and moral values while at the same time being supporters of the Jewish state despite its flaws and imperfections.’ It is a book that many of us wish we had written for our own children.” —Daniel Kurtzer, Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt (1997-2001) and to Israel (2001-2005)
Download or read book Visions of Jewish Education written by Seymour Fox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the philosophical consideration of Jewish existence in our time, as reflected in Jewish education, its alternative visions, its purposes and instrumentalities, the values it should serve, and the personal and social character it ought to foster. Prevalent conceptions and practices of Jewish education are neither sufficiently reflective nor thoroughgoing enough to meet the multiple challenges that the world now poses to Jewish existence and continuity. New efforts are needed to develop an education of the future that will honor the riches of the Jewish past and grasp the opportunities of fruitful interactions with the general culture of the present. To promote such efforts, six leading scholars in this book formulate their variant visions of an ideal Jewish education for the contemporary world. This book also translates these visions into educational practice and, finally, articulates a vision abstracted from a case study of a school's ongoing practice.
Download or read book Palestine in Israeli School Books written by Nurit Peled-Elhanan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, Israel's young men and women are drafted into compulsory military service and are required to engage directly in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict is by its nature intensely complex and is played out under the full glare of international security. So, how does Israel's education system prepare its young people for this? How is Palestine, and the Palestinians against whom these young Israelis will potentially be required to use force, portrayed in the school system? Nurit Peled-Elhanan argues that the textbooks used in the school system are laced with a pro-Israel ideology, and that they play a part in priming Israeli children for military service. She analyzes the presentation of images, maps, layouts and use of language in History, Geography and Civic Studies textbooks, and reveals how the books might be seen to marginalize Palestinians, legitimize Israeli military action and reinforce Jewish-Israeli territorial identity. This book provides a fresh scholarly contribution to the Israeli-Palestinian debate, and will be relevant to the fields of Middle East Studies and Politics more widely.
Download or read book Education in Israel written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Select Subcommittee on Education and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Second Favorite Country written by Sivan Zakai and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing on a longitudinal study of Jewish children in the United States, this book presents Jewish children's learning about Israel as a rich case for understanding how children develop ideas and beliefs about self, community, nation, and world over the course of elementary school"--
Download or read book Education Matters written by Robert J. Barro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education has significant and far-reaching effects not only on individuals, but also on the societies in which they live and to which they contribute. The education level of a population affects how a country supports itself and others and the degree to which it can participate in the global field. While everyone from politicians to policymakers to celebrities has stressed the importance of education, there has not been-until now-a vigorous yet comprehensible examination of data to support what has long been common knowledge: education matters. In Education Matters: Global Gains from the 19th to the 21st Century, renowned economists Robert Barro and Jong-Wha Lee present a revolutionary new data set on education in 146 countries since 1870 and projected through 2040. With case studies from the United States, China, and Korea, Barro and Lee evaluate schooling both quantitatively and qualitatively, and assess the role of education in economic and political development. In this comprehensive study, the authors establish the critical role that education plays - particularly for women and girls - in economic growth, fertility, and democracy. The book also addresses sensitive and controversial topics, such as international disparities in education, and the role of education in modernization and development. Both challenging and enlightening, Education Matters has exciting implications for the future of education and promises to be a ground-breaking work in the fields of economics and educational attainment. Engaging and informative, Education Matters is a compelling read for students, scholars, and anyone with a passion for education.
Download or read book Oasis of Dreams written by Grace Feuerverger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam (the Hebrew and Arabic words for Oasis of Peace) is a community founded by Jews and Palestinians that is aimed at demonstrating the possibilities for living in peace while maintaining their respective cultural heritages and languages. The village schools represent a unique educational experience: an opportunity for Jewish and Palestinian children to learn together in a Hebrew-Arabic bilingual, bicultural, binational setting. This book, a result of the author's nine year study of the schools in the village, explores the psychological and social dimensions of this important educational endeavor. Award-winning author Grace Feuerverger explores teaching and learning in schools as a sacred life journey, a quest toward liberation. Written for teacher/educators who wish to make a real difference in the lives of their students, this book speaks to everyone who finds themselves, as she did, on winding and often treacherous paths, longing to discover the meaning and potential in their professional lives at school. A child of Holocaust survivors, Feuerverger wrote this book to tell how schools can be transformed into magical places where miracles happen. In an era of narrow agendas of 'efficiency' and 'control', this book dares to suggest that education is and should always be about uplifting the human spirit.
Download or read book Education in Ancient Israel written by James L. Crenshaw and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new study, distinguished biblical scholar James L. Crenshaw investigates both the pragmatic hows and the philosophical whys of education in ancient Israel and its surroundings. Asking questions as basic as "Who were the teachers and students, and from what segment of Israelite society did they come?" and "How did instructors interest young people in the things they had to say?, " Crenshaw considers the institutions and practices of the ancient Israelite educational system. He also examines the beginnings of literacy in the Ancient Near East, explores how Israel and its neighbors made the transformation from an oral to a written culture, and explores the literary works that constituted the canon of this distant culture.
Download or read book Principles and Pedagogies in Jewish Education written by Barry Chazan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Politics and Education in Israel written by Shlomo Swirski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics and Education in Israel focuses on the meeting of European Zionists, Non-Zionist Middle Eastern Jews, and Palestinian Arabs in the Israeli school system, the introduction of ability groupings into Israeli schools, the privatization of education and the expansion of elitist schools.
Download or read book Politics and Policy Making in Israel s Education System written by Haim Gaziel and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes and analyses the structure of Israel's education system from a political and policy-making perspective.
Download or read book Educating Israel written by Y. Shalom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-07-24 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comparative ethnography of five Israeli schools that use state-of-the-art educational approaches to help change Israel's conflicted society. It gives an important glimpse of individuals and institutions that bravely operate as social and educational entrepreneurs, striving to change Israeli society.