This article is a rejoinder to a previous research article that explored the attitudes and knowledge of Post High School American students in Israel. To read the original article, click here. To read the Follow-Up article, click here.
This article compiles some Pe’ninei Torah (Pearls of Torah) from a variety of topics, to provide insights to Torah students. To read the article, click here.
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 10, 1, 1997. Appears here with permission. Some yeshivah educators find troublesome the section on evolution taught in the regular biology course required for a high school diploma. Convinced that evolutionary...
From Religious Education 92,1 (1997), pp. 55-60. Abstract Teacher-training programs for Jewish educators in the United States have de-emphasized the Hebrew language as an essential element in their curricula. Research in the field of sociolinguistics points to...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at 5, 1, 1990, pp. 37- 38. Reprinted here with permission. Children play in their work.1 In planning learning experiences, early childhood educators have long been guided by this fundamental principle of child development....
This article describes a rehabilitative program called the MultiMedia Project (MMP) for Yeshiva Drop-Outs with drug, alcohol, self-mutilation and other emotional problems. To read the article, click here.
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 10, 1, 1997, pp. 17-31. Appears here with permission. “So what !?!" is probably the most defeating and damning statement given by a student in response to a teacher's lesson. It implies that, after all is said and...
This article originally appeared in Mifgashim. Part I What are the aims of our educational system? I want to suggest here that the aims of Jewish education have to be redefined. We have become used to thinking of our educational system as one which tries to...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 5, 1, 1990, pp. 24-26. Appears here with permission. Our students study Humash but do they understand it? They can translate psukim but can they discern the concepts? They may read Rashi and Ramban but do they...
Prepared by: Rivkah Lambert Adler, Ph.D. , Director of Adult Education Center for Jewish Education Print Materials – Adult Jewish Learning Internet Materials – Adult Jewish Learning Internet Resources – National Adult Learning Programs Internet Resources –...