- Summary
- "This pedagogical and sociological analysis of Shoah (Holocaust) education in Israeli state schools is based on an empirical survey conducted in 2007-2009 among junior high school and high school students, teachers and principals in general and religious schools, and experts in the field. It explores issues such as materials and methods, beliefs and attitudes, messages imparted, pedagogical challenges, and implications for national and religious identity and universal values. Comparative and multi-dimensional analyses of sub-populations, such as by age and type of school, were conducted. The practical and theoretical implications of the findings are considered in the context of Shoah education in Israel and other educational settings over the past half century."--Publisher's website.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Cohen, Erik.
- Published
- Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2013
- Locale
- Israel
- Contents
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Preface: On the Shoah as a major educational topic / Dan Michman.
Introduction
A brief history of Shoah education. Development of Shoah Education in Israel ; Shoah education outside Israel.
The national survey of Shoah education in Israel: Data collection methods and analysis techniques. The structure of the Israeli education system ; The surveyed populations ; Survey methods ; Data analysis.
A portrait of Shoah education in Israeli state schools. Teacher ; Students ; A multidimensional pedagogy ; Pedagogic approaches to Shoah education.
Goals and messages of Shoah education. Are there "lessons" from the Shoah? ; Universal and particularistic messages ; Goals of principals ; Goals of teachers ; Ethics and theology in Shoah education.
Beliefs, values and attitudes towards the Shoah. Students' basic values ; Jewish and Israeli identity ; Shoah memory in the Israeli worldview ; The Shoah and anti-semitism as components of Jewish identity.
Evaluation of Shoah education. Principals' evaluation ; Teachers' evaluation ; Students' evaluation.
The journey to Poland. The nature of the journey ; Objectives of the journey ; Participation in the journey ; Debates and controversies surrounding the journey to Poland ; Evaluation of the journey to Poland ; The "Poland experience".
Improving Shoah education. Challenges to Shoah education ; Recommendations for improving Shoah education.
Reflections and provisional conclusions. Shoah education: A unique pedagogic event ; The work of Shoah memory in Jewish-Israeli society ; Diversity and complexity within unity ; An educational process of mourning ; Jewish identity after the Shoah ; Worldview and identity ; Towards the future.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-339) and indexes.
Preface: On the Shoah as a major educational topic / Dan Michman. -- Introduction -- A brief history of Shoah education. Development of Shoah Education in Israel ; Shoah education outside Israel. -- The national survey of Shoah education in Israel: Data collection methods and analysis techniques. The structure of the Israeli education system ; The surveyed populations ; Survey methods ; Data analysis. -- A portrait of Shoah education in Israeli state schools. Teacher ; Students ; A multidimensional pedagogy ; Pedagogic approaches to Shoah education. -- Goals and messages of Shoah education. Are there "lessons" from the Shoah? ; Universal and particularistic messages ; Goals of principals ; Goals of teachers ; Ethics and theology in Shoah education. -- Beliefs, values and attitudes towards the Shoah. Students' basic values ; Jewish and Israeli identity ; Shoah memory in the Israeli worldview ; The Shoah and anti-semitism as components of Jewish identity. -- Evaluation of Shoah education. Principals' evaluation ; Teachers' evaluation ; Students' evaluation. -- The journey to Poland. The nature of the journey ; Objectives of the journey ; Participation in the journey ; Debates and controversies surrounding the journey to Poland ; Evaluation of the journey to Poland ; The "Poland experience". -- Improving Shoah education. Challenges to Shoah education ; Recommendations for improving Shoah education. -- Reflections and provisional conclusions. Shoah education: A unique pedagogic event ; The work of Shoah memory in Jewish-Israeli society ; Diversity and complexity within unity ; An educational process of mourning ; Jewish identity after the Shoah ; Worldview and identity ; Towards the future.
