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Record Nr.

UNINA9910635394603321

Autore

Weinreb Amelia Rosenberg

Titolo

Teaching Israel Studies : Global, Virtual, and Ethnographic Approaches to Active Learning / / by Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783031169151

9783031169144

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 pages)

Disciplina

907.1273

956.94

Soggetti

Teachers - Training of

Jews - Study and teaching

Culture - Study and teaching

Education - Research

Education - Curricula

Teaching

Teaching and Teacher Education

Jewish Studies

Cultural Studies

Educational Research

Curriculum Studies

Didactics and Teaching Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Start Here: The Opening Day of Class -- 3. Start Now: History Can Wait -- 4. Start With Them: Ethnic Studies and “Others” -- 5. Start With Feeling: Yours -- 6. Continue With Feeling: In the Classroom -- 7. Study Abroad, Inc.: Israel Studies and Today’s Global Programs -- 8. The New Global Classroom: Hybrid, Virtual, and Nearly There -- 9. Israel Studies’ Global Reach: An Expanding Field -- 10. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents pedagogical strategies for today’s diverse Israel



Studies classrooms. It offers Israel-specific innovations for online teaching, tested methods for organizing global virtual exchanges that uplift marginalized voices in Israel, including Palestinian voices, and an intellectual and political overview of the field. Informed by the author’s experiences in the classroom and principles shared with her by fellow instructors, the book provides a guide to developing an Israel Studies syllabus or integrating Israel Studies units into an existing curriculum Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb is a cultural anthropologist and lecturer for New York University-Tel Aviv and The Hebrew Univerisity of Jerusalem, Israel. She previously taught Israel Studies courses for thirteen years at the University of Texas at Austin as an associate professor of instruction.