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David Bryfman; Dena Klein; Amanda Winer – Journal of Jewish Education, 2024
In 2023, the Jewish Education Project published a report, "A Census of Jewish Supplementary Schools in North America, 2019-2020," as a follow-up to the 2006-2007 AVI CHAI census of Jewish supplementary schools. Its companion report, "From Census to Possibilities: Designing Pathways for Jewish Learners," presents new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Judaism, Supplementary Education
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Eileen Sadowsky; Stacey Steggert – Journal of Jewish Education, 2024
This practitioner study was undertaken by a teacher and an education director in response to observations that changes made to the structure of a Reform Congregation's education program resulted in substantial positive feedback from stakeholders. Through student interviews and subsequent data analysis, practitioners identified important elements…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment
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Lori Green – Journal of Jewish Education, 2024
This study explores what teachers need to collaboratively create student-centered, project-based learning (PBL) curriculum for learners in a congregational school. Participatory action research methods including GLA/GLU (group-level assessment/group-level understanding) were used to inform the outcomes of this study. Analysis of the data suggests…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Judaism, Religious Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
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Novak Winer, Laura – Journal of Jewish Education, 2017
In recent years the Jewish community has witnessed a growth in the development of Jewish afterschool programs that provide childcare as well as Jewish educational programming to elementary age children. This possible trend may represent a diversification of options for families seeking to provide Jewish education and Jewish experiences for their…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Jews, After School Programs, Child Care Centers
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Kent, Orit; Cook, Allison – Journal of Jewish Education, 2012
This article presents a pedagogical framework for interpreting and discussing texts with others, ""havruta" inspired pedagogy." The framework is comprised of three overlapping domains: structures, stance and practices. We illustrate each domain through teachers' words and classroom practices, depicting how teachers in one context work within these…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Jews, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
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Epstein, Shira D. – Journal of Jewish Education, 2004
This author contends that Jewish educators need to provide alternatives to a narrow view of Jewish literacy by revisiting social practices that are characteristic of Jewish study, drawing from rich traditions of engagement in critical questioning of narratives and reanimating them so that students are able to push the boundaries of texts. By…
Descriptors: Jews, Printed Materials, Discourse Analysis, Supplementary Education