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Presentations

This list catalogs appearances of Center faculty and staff at various conferences, workshops and seminars in chronological order from most to least recent.

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

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

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.

Galili-Schachter, I.  (2009, June). Midrash or Dialogue? Pedagogic hermeneutic orientation in the teaching of Jewish texts. Network for Research in Jewish Education, Yeshiva University.

Kent, O. (2009, June). Teaching Havruta in Context: An Exploration of a Pedagogical Approach to Havruta. Network for Research in Jewish Education. Yeshiva University.

Kent, O. and Galili-Schachter, I. (2009, June). Case Studies of the Teaching of Classical Jewish Texts in Modern Classrooms:  Opening and Closing Doors of Interpretation. Network for Research in Jewish Education, Yeshiva University.

Levisohn, J. A. (2009, June). Jewish Education Towards Responsible Assimilation. Network for Research in Jewish Education, Yeshiva University.

Tamir, E. (2009, April). What Keeps Teachers In and What Drives Them Out: A Longitudinal Comparative Study of Beginning Teachers in Urban-Public, Urban-Catholic, and Jewish Day Schools. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego.

Victor, S.  (2009, April). A Discussion about Jewish Day School and Jewish Supplementary School. BUCO (Brandeis Hillel Conservative student group), Brandeis University.

Levisohn, J. A. (2009, March). Response to Mario Di Paolantonio, “Guarding and Transmitting the Vulnerability of the Historical,” Philosophy of Education Society, Montreal.

Victor, S. (2009, March). Learning About Prayer ... Learning To Pray: Some Ways to Make Connections. Tefillah - Prayer: Content, Context, Pedagogy Mini-Mester, Hornstein: The Jewish Professional Leadership Program, Brandeis University (cosponsored by the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Boston).

Levisohn, J. A. (2009, February). In Praise of the Interpretive Virtues. Mandel Leadership Institute, Jerusalem.

Feiman-Nemser, S. (2009, Feburary). New Teacher Induction: It's Not Just for New Teachers. Yeshiva University, New York. (Click here for video of the presentation on the YU site.)

Birkeland, S. (2009, February). Formative Assessment of School-Based Induction Practice Using a Continuum of Induction Standards. New Teacher Center Forum, San Jose, CA.

Tamir E. and Davidson R. (2009, January). Staying above the fray: Framing and conflict in the coverage of education policy debates. Invited presentation, Department of Communication Studies, University of Haifa.

Feiman-Nemser, S. (2009, January). Identity Formation in Teacher Education: A Comparative Study. International Conference on Multiple Identities in Jewish Education: Fifth International Conference of The Israel Association of Research in Jewish Education, Jerusalem.

Hammerness, K. (2009, January). Visions of Good Teaching and the Development of Teacher Identity. International Conference on Multiple Identities in Jewish Education: Fifth International Conference of The Israel Association of Research in Jewish Education, Jerusalem.

Horowitz, B. (2009, January). Jewish and Professional Identity Formation.  International Conference on Multiple Identities in Jewish Education: Fifth International Conference of The Israel Association of Research in Jewish Education, Jerusalem.

Tamir, E. (2009, January). Professionalizing Teacher Identity? The Case of Jewish, Catholic, and Urban Schools. International Conference on Multiple Identities in Jewish Education: Fifth International Conference of The Israel Association of Research in Jewish Education, Jerusalem.

Holzer, E. and Raider-Roth, M. (2009, January). Juggling Multiple Identities: How Hevruta and Text Study Can Challenge Teachers' Personal, Professional and Cultural Worlds, Multiple Identities in Jewish Education. International Conference on Multiple Identities in Jewish Education: Fifth International Conference of The Israel Association of Research in Jewish Education, Jerusalem.

Horowitz, B. (2008, December). Between Me and the Deep Blue Sea: Identity Formation in a Time of Liquid (post)Modernity. Association for Jewish Studies 40th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

Levisohn, J. A. (2008, November). A Menu of Orientations to Teaching Rabbinic Literature. Mandel Leadership Institute, Jerusalem.

Levisohn, J. A. (2008, October). Of Breaches and Bridges: School and Academy, Content and Pedagogy, Scholarship and Teaching. South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society, Blacksburg, VA.

Holzer, E. (2008, October). The Event and the Practice of Prayer in the Thought of A.J. Heschel (Hebrew). Thinking God Anew; A Conference for the Study of AJ Heschel's Writings and Philosophy, The Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem.

Holzer, E. (2008, September). Beyond Literacy: The Humanizing Art of Conversation with Traditional Texts. An International Conference on Jewish Literacy, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Levisohn, J. A. (2008, July). The Origins and Evaluation of Narratives: An Epistemology of History for History Education. Mandel Leadership Institute, Jerusalem.

Levisohn, J. A. (2008, July). Jewish Education towards Responsible Assimilation. Mandel Leadership Institute, Jerusalem.