Dr. Shimshon Hamerman is Head of School of Solomon Schechter Academy in Montreal, Canada. A brief background The expression Tikkun olam sounds almost poetic and it is not surprising that it was so universally accepted and adopted by Federations and fund raising...
Dr. Shimshon Hamerman is Head of School at Solomon Schechter Academy (Montreal). See the related article, "Judaic Arts in the Judaic Studies Curriculum", here. Israeli stamps exhibition Objective: Teaching about people and cities in Israel. A novel way to teach Israel...
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...
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...
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...
