Teaching and Learning in Jewish Day Schools [Paperback]

Examines how day schools are educating diverse Jewish youth in a variety of content areas.
 
Teaching and Learning in Jewish Day Schoolsoffers an important analysis of Jewish day school classrooms today. In light of difficulties initiating, evaluating, and sustaining educational innovation, this volume takes stock of what is happening among students and teachers in contemporary Jewish day school classrooms. The authors of this volume confront and question several bedrock principles of Jewish education to address how day schools intersect with broader societal issues including race and gender. They point to themes and topics that scholars and practitioners are grappling with to explore new potential pathways to evaluating student learning and learning outcomes: assessing core subject areas; understanding the ways social and environmental factors contribute to learning; and studying how race, ethnicity, class, and gender shape student learning and school culture. The chapters address topics relevant to educators working in contemporary Jewish day schools including Zionism, the outcomes of Israel education, Jewish engagement, the experience of Latinx students, community building, and more.Jonathan B. Krasneris associate professor and the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Professor of Jewish Education Research at Brandeis University with a joint appointment in the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education.Jon A. Levisohnis associate professor and the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Chair in Jewish Educational Thought at Brandeis University, where he directs the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education.Sharon Avniis professor of academic literacy and linguistics at Borough of Manhattan Community College, part of the City University of New York.