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Presentations: 2009-10

Feiman-Nemser, S. (2010, June). Jewish Teacher Preparation: Enduring Issues in Changing Contexts. Network for Research in Jewish Education. New York University.

Shevitz, S. (2010, June). From High School Freshmen to Seniors: Changed Understandings of Pluralism and Identity. Network for Research in Jewish Education. New York University.

Kent, O. and Cook, A. (2010, June). Text Study, Collaborative Learning and Meaning Making: Action Research in a Supplementary School. Network for Research in Jewish Education. New York University.

Levisohn, J.A. (2010, June). A Critical Exploration of Rosenak’s Construct of “Language and Literature” in Jewish Education. Network for Research in Jewish Education. New York University.

Rubin Ross, R. (2010, June). Parent Involvement in a Jewish, Catholic and Independent day school: Instrumental or Communal?. Network for Research in Jewish Education. New York University.

Tamir, E. and Magdin de Kramer, R. (2010, June). Teacher Retention and Career Commitments among DeLeT Graduates: The Intersection of Teachers’ Background, Preparation to Teaching, and School Context. Network for Research in Jewish Education. New York University.

Feiman-Nemser, S. (2010, May). Designing Programs of Teacher Preparation: Core Tasks and Effective Practices. Mandel  School for Educational Leadership, Jerusalem.

Choosing to Teach Symposium (2010, May). American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Symposium includes the following presentations:

• Feiman-Nemser, S. and Tamir, E. The Role of Context in Preparing Jewish Day School Teachers: The Case of DeLeT (Brandeis University)
• Dallavis, C. and Holter, A. Preparing Teachers for the Catholic School Context: The Case of ACE (University of Notre Dame)
• Matsko, K. and Hammerness, K. What’s Urban about Urban Teacher Preparation? A Case Study of the Urban Teacher Education Program (University of Chicago)
• Grinberg, J. The Role of Context in Progressive Teacher Education: A Historical Case Study of Bank Street (Montclair State University)
• Discussant: Pam Grossman, Stanford University

Feiman-Nemser, S. (2010, February). Defining "Effectiveness" in Jewish Day Schools. Universidad Judaica. Mexico City, Mexico.

Feiman-Nemser, S. (2010, January), Reflections on Teacher Learning. Keynote address, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Irvine, CA.

Kent, O. (2010, January). Collaborative Learning in the Classroom: Awaken the Joy of Interpreting Texts. Mandel Center Teacher Forum, Brandeis University.

Feiman-Nemser, S. (2010, January). Professional Development That Makes a Difference. North American Jewish Day School Leadership Conference, New Jersey.

Horowitz, B. (2009, December). Voices from the Edge:  Personal Authenticity as an Element in the Boundary Formation among Young American Jews. Association for Jewish Studies, Los Angeles.

Horowitz, B. (2009, October). "Doing Science” by Finding Apt Comparisons: Identity Formation in the Context of Professional Preparation. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Denver, CO.

Kent, O. (2009, October). Understanding the Complexity of Learning in Havruta. Pardes Educators Program Alumni Conference, Philadelphia.

Kent, O. (2009, October). Teaching Students to Use Havruta Productively:  Why Use Havruta Anyway? Pardes Educators Program Alumni Conference, Philadelphia.

Levisohn, J.A. (2009, July). Teaching Jewish Thought: Issues, Challenges, Purposes, Faculty workshop of the Tikvah High School Scholars Program, Tikvah Fund, New York.
 
Levisohn, J.A. (2009, July). Integration: What, How, and Why, Jim Joseph Foundation/Facing History School Project, Brookline, MA.

Feiman-Nemser, S. and Tamir, E.  (2009, July). Choosing to Teach: A comparative study of Jewish, Catholic and urban public school teachers. Alliance for Catholic Education, University of Notre Dame.