Dr. Elana Maryles Sztokman, Contributing Editor of JEL, is a writer, researcher, educator and activist. In this article, she describes the values and educational philosophy of Yonah Fuld - a man driven by a love of children, a deep sense of what is educationally...
Avraham Glustein is Head of School of Politz Day School in Cherry Hill, NJ. See the sidebar for this article here. In this paper, I will outline my school community’s journey towards the implementation of Active Learning (henceforth AL) in both our Judaic and general...
Avraham Glustein is Head of School of Politz Day School in Cherry Hill, NJ. See the related article here. You can feel their creative energy flow throughout the classroom! They love the challenge of a new concept, conquering it, and sharing their ideas with each...
Levi Cooper is a rabbi in Tzur Hadassah and teaches Jewish Studies at Machon Pardes and other university level programs in Jerusalem. One of the great forums of active Jewish learning is the annual Pesaḥ seder. So many of the seder rituals are aimed at actively...
Rabbi Alvin Mars, Ph.D., is the senior advisor to the president of JCC Association for educational development. He was both a youth director and educational director in a synagogue setting, headmaster of an elementary day school and of a boarding high school, dean of...
Professor Jeffrey Glanz holds the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values in the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University. In this article, he reviews the foundational research and literature on...
Dr. Steven Lorch is the founding head of the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan. Prior to that he headed the Akiba Hebrew Academy (PA), Mount Scopus College (Melbourne, Australia), and the Hartman High School (Jerusalem). In this article, he presents both...
Dr. Steven Lorch is the founding head of the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan. Prior to that he headed the Akiba Hebrew Academy (PA), Mount Scopus College (Melbourne, Australia), and the Hartman High School (Jerusalem). Read his related article, "The 'New'...
Jill Beloff Farrell is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Barry University. In this article, she surveys the literature on active learning to provide conceptual underpinnings, and provides both historical context and a...
Richard D. Solomon, Ph.D. (rds@umd.edu) serves as an adjunct professor at Baltimore Hebrew University and Gratz College, teaching graduate courses in supervision and staff development, instruction and classroom management. His most recent book, Toolbox for Teachers...
