Naphtali Hoff uses Inquiry Based Learning as a technique for engaging student attention in his Jewish Studies class. Differentiated instruction offers educators vehicles with which to appropriately engage, challenge, and educate every student in his or her classroom...
Ezra and the Vanishing Jews: Religious Platform The 2001 National Jewish Population Survey showed that patterns of intermarriage and assimilation amongst American Jews have reached record highs. As a teacher of prophets and Jewish History, I was interested in bringing...
Inviting us to view differentiation in two general studies classes, the author takes a Jewish view of her students’ reactions to the process. Today, we have a guest in my fifth grade math class. I survey the apparent chaos at the start of the class period, and decide...
Barbara Prashnig describes the importance of understanding learning and teaching from the perspective of human diversity. Traditional teaching methods and educational practices have made the school system in New Zealand strong and successful over the first half of...
A three-year professional development program in DI highlights the challenging process of changing the culture of a school. This article describes the comprehensive program of differentiated instruction that the South Area Solomon Schechter Day School (SASSDS),...
To read the accompanying article, "Creating a Culture of DI through Professional Development", click here. To begin, describe the Rounds process at a faculty meeting. Establish rules for making all the teachers feel safe. Teachers may ask questions and comment...
A group of daring educators used Understanding by Design (UbD) as a boilerplate to guide them in implementing systemic educational change. “Access for all” is a critical value in Jewish education as well as a fundamental aspect of differentiation. If we believe that...
Stage 1: Desired Results Goals All educational leaders will understand the importance of DI and be prepared to support all educators in its implementation. All leaders will be able to identify successful implementation of DI. All teachers will understand and become...
1.What is UbD? A curriculum development construct that enables teachers to align the three critical stages of planning and implementation: The first stage is desired results or what we want students to know understand and be able to do at the end of the unit. The...
Should Jewish schools offer a range of curriculum standards? Scot A. Berman offers compelling arguments for changing the way educators think about Jewish studies. Contemporary day school education in North America is marked by its breadth and progressiveness. It is...
