Professional Development Resources: Student Engagement

Teaching Evolution in Yeshivah High Schools

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... Read more

Teaching Hebrew: A Suggestion for Hebrew Educators

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... Read more

Moral Education in the Guise of a Physical Education Program

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... Read more

MediaStudies: From Yeshiva Dropouts to Mainstream

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... Read more

"So What?!": Talmud Study through Values Analysis

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... Read more

Revolutionary Challenge – Changing the Classroom Culture Through Informal Education

  This article originally appeared in Mifgashim. Part I What are the aims of our educational system? I want to suggest here that the... Read more

Omek Mikra: A Method for Teaching Humash

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... Read more