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A Missing Paradigm? Strengthening Research on the Pedagogy of Jewish Studies

Explore the missing paradigm in research on the pedagogy of Jewish Studies, specifically in Bible education. Discover relevant articles, dissertations, and case studies that shed light on this topic and uncover important questions and potential benefits.

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A Missing Paradigm? Strengthening Research on the Pedagogy of Jewish Studies

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  1. A Missing Paradigm? Strengthening Research on the Pedagogy of Jewish Studies Jon A. Levisohn, Susie Tanchel, Alex Sinclair,  Marc Brettler & Sharon Feiman-Nemser Network for Research in Jewish Education Sunday, June 5, 2005 Brandeis University

  2. Is it true that there’s a missing paradigm? • Journal of Jewish Education: In the last 20 years… • 6 articles on the teaching of Bible • 2 articles on the teaching of Talmud • 4 articles on the teaching of Jewish History (other than Holocaust) • Dissertations: In the last 10 years… • 4 dissertations related to the teaching of Bible • 1 dissertation on the teaching of Talmud

  3. Is it true that there’s a missing paradigm? • Exceptions that prove the rule: • Gail Dorph’s work on teachers’ beliefs about Bible • Barry Holtz’s book, Textual Knowledge: Teaching the Bible in Theory and Practice (JTS, 2003) • Alex Sinclair’s studies of his own practice

  4. What does research on the pedagogy of Jewish Studies (Bible) look like?Some examples from Teaching Bible: Bridging Scholarship and Pedagogy, Brandeis University, Jan. 2005: • Lisa Grant (HUC) and Andrea Weiss (HUC), “What Do Adult Jewish Educators Need to Know About Teaching Bible?” • Judith Kates (Hebrew College), “What Do Rabbis Need to Know to be Teachers of Tanakh?”Respondent: Nati Helfgott (Yeshivat Chovevei Torah) • Jeremy Kahan (Soloveitchik Inst.), “What Teachers Know About Teaching Bible: A Case Study with Veterans and Novices”

  5. What does research on the pedagogy of Jewish Studies (Bible) look like?Some examples from Teaching Bible: Bridging Scholarship and Pedagogy, Brandeis University, Jan. 2005: • ”From Text to Teaching”:4 teachers explore how they think about a particular text (Exodus 19) for the purposes of teaching it • Marcia Kaunfer, for 5th graders in a Schechter day school • Shira Horowitz, for 1st graders in a Schechter day school • Allison Cook, for middle schoolers in a supplementary school • Aviva Scheur, for 10th graders in a community day school

  6. What does research on the pedagogy of Jewish Studies (Bible) look like?Some examples from Teaching Bible: Bridging Scholarship and Pedagogy, Brandeis University, Jan. 2005: • Daniel Lehmann (Gann Academy), “Pluralism as an Orientation for the Teaching of Bible in Jewish High Schools” • Jeremy Morrison (Temple Israel) and Beth Cousens (Brandeis), “A Contextual Framework: The Teaching and Learning of Bible with Adults in Their Twenties and Thirties” • “The Critical Study of Bible in Jewish Educational Contexts,” with Susie Tanchel (Gann), Dov Lerea (Heschel School), Benjamin Samuels (Shaarei Tefillah), Wes Gardenswartz (Temple Emanuel)

  7. Key questions • What might research on the pedagogy of Jewish Studies (specifically, pedagogy of Bible) look like? What are the important questions? Extra Credit: • What are the obstacles? • What are the potential benefits?

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