Faculty Guide

Title

Mandel Professor of Jewish Education

Education
Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Expertise

Elementary education. Jewish education. Teacher education.

Awards and Honors

Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State University (1996)

Margaret Lindsey Award for Outstanding Research, American Association of College Teacher Education (1996)

Courses Taught

ED	100a	Exploring Teaching (Elementary)
ED	264a	Foundations of Education
ED	266a	Teacher Research
NEJS	170b	Jewish Education in Modern America

Scholarship

Feiman-Nemser, Sharon & Troen, V.. "School-Based Induction Helps New Teachers Thrive.." Ha'Yidion: The RAVSAK Journal Winter. 2008 (2009).

Feiman-Nemser, Sharon. "Birkeland, S. & Feiman-Nemser, S. (in press). Institutionalizing comprehensive induction in Jewish day schools. Journal of Jewish Education.." (2009).

Carver, C. & Feiman-Nemser S. "Using policy to improve new teacher induction: Critical elements and missing pieces.." Education Policy 23. 2 (2008): 295-328.

Cochran-Smith, M., Feiman-Nemser, S., & McIntyre, J (Eds.), ed. Enduring Issues in Changing Contexts, 3rd Handbook of Research on Teacher Education. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008.

Feiman-Nemser, Sharon. "Learning to teach." What we know now about Jewish education: Perspectives on research and practice. Ed. P. Flexner & R. Goodman (Eds.). Los Angeles: Tora Aura Publications, 2008. 213-222.

Feiman-Nemser, Sharon. "Professional learning communities." Ten Years of Believing in Jewish Day Schools.. Ed. S. Berrin. Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education, 2008. 63-67.

Feiman-Nemser, Sharon. "Teacher learning: A messy problem space." Enduring Issues in Changing Contexts: 3rd Handbook of Research on Teacher Education. Ed. M. Cochran-Smith, S. Feiman-Nemser & J. McIntyre (Eds.). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2008