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**2010-2011**   **The Art** **of Teaching – EDUC 615** **Instructor: Zvi Grumet** **Wednesdays 2:30 – 5:00**
 * Boston** **Hebrew College**

//Welcome to the PEP-5772 wiki! Here you will find, each week, updates and changes to the syllabus and assignments, and this will be our discussion page. The wiki is fairly easy to use and navigate, and your responses to the weekly readings (although not your individual lesson plans) will be posted here. Of course, the wiki becomes even more valuable when you respond to each other. And we will all make sure to follow the rules of respectful disagreement on these pages. ;-)//

//In the effort to help save the environment (and to make access to our reading easier), I chose this year to not print a source book, but rather to post the readings on a file sharing website. These are texts that we have permission to use for our internal use. The link to the website is []//**[|.]**//Some of the articles are password-protected. That is to make sure that others who may accidentally stumble onto our site don't access materials they do not have permission to access. You will get the password in class.//

//I look forward to a productive year with you!//

//Zvi// What are the critical elements of education in general, and Jewish education in particular, in the contemporary era? What are the basic components of a well designed class? This course will explore key elements of backwards design of unit and lesson planning, including establishing goals, motivating students, formulating essential questions, discovery learning, moving classes toward closure, and the use of homework. By the end of this course participants will understand how to positively and constructively engage learners in Jewish day schools.
 * //Course description//**


 * //Course requirements//**
 * 1) Students will attend and actively participate in class.
 * 2) Students will complete all assignments, including readings, research, lesson plans, written weekly assignments and oral presentations

Grades will be assigned based on the following: Portfolio of assignments/presentations – 50% Participation in class – 25% Model lessons – 25%
 * //Grading//**

Brown, E., "[|Sincerity and Authenticity in Teaching]," //Torah U'Madda Journal// Vol. 11 (2002-2003) also at [|www.lookstein.org/articles/brown.htm] Greenberg, Y., "Judaism and Modernity: Realigning the Two Worlds," Grumet, Z., ed. (The LooksteinCenter, 2006) [|www.lookstein.org/articles/looksteinPersp2006.pdf] Grumet, Z., "Transitions in the Lifeof a Jewish Educator," Grumet, Z., //Ten Da'at// X:1 (Spring 1997) also at [|www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/ten-daat/grumet-1.htm] Heilman, S., "Inside the Jewish School," in Kelman, S. (ed.) //What We Know About Jewish Education// (Torah Aura, 1992), pp. 303-330 Lorch, Steven. "The New Academic Rigor," in //Jewish Educational Leadership// 7:3. Mendelsohn-Aviv, D. "You Have 600,000 Friends," //Jewish Educational Leadership// 7:2. Overbaugh, Richard C. and Schultz,Lynn. Bloom's Taxonomy revised. [|www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm] Palmer, P., //The Courage to Teach// (Jossey-Bass, 1998) Postman, N. and Weingartner, C., //Teaching as a Subversive Activity// (Delta, 1969) Solomon, Richard D.and Davidson, N., "Cooperative Learning: Research and Implementation for Jewish Education," //Jewish Educational Leadership// 7:3. Sugrue, Brenda. "Problem's with Bloom's Taxonomy." http://www.performancexpress.org/0212/mainframe0212.html#title3 Wiggins, G. and McTighe J., //Understanding by Design (Expanded 2nd edition)// (ASCD, 2005) – Introduction and chapters 1, 3 & 5
 * //Required Readings - all readings are available online at [| http://tinyurl.com/PEP5772]//**

Bailey, S., "Can Spirituality be Taught?" //Jewish Educational Leadership// 5:2 Feiman-Nemser, S., "What We Know About Learning to Teach," in Kelman, S. (ed.) //What We Know About Jewish Education// (Torah Aura, 1992), pp. 51-57 Grumet, Z., "Teaching Jewish Texts: Authority and Relevance," //Ten Da’at// VIII: 1 (Spring 1995), also at [|www.lookstein.org/articles/Teaching_Jewish_Texts.htm] Peerless, S., "Developmental Stages and the Jewish StudiesCurriculum," //Jewish Educational Leadership// Vol 2 (2004), pp. 20-26 Saphier, J. and Gower, R, //The Skillful Teacher//, (Research for Better Teaching, 1997) chapter 14. Schiff, A., "The Day School," in //What We Know About Jewish Education// (Torah Aura, 1992), pp.149-162. Smilowitz, Mark. "Active Learning in the //Halakhah// Class," //Jewish Educational Leadership// 7:3.
 * //Recommended Readings//**

Click here for the tentative Syllabus for this class.

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