Physical Description
346 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
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.
ISBN
9781936235810
1936235811 (hc.)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
