Bridging Scholarship and Pedagogy in Jewish Studies
The Initiative on Bridging Scholarship and Pedagogy in Jewish Studies is a multi-year research initiative of the Mandel Center at Brandeis. The initiative is grounded in the following three convictions:
(1) Teachers of Jewish Studies at all levels and settings share common questions and may productively engage in collaborative inquiries, even if they arrive at different answers.
(2) Jewish education ought not to be isolated from the academic pursuit of Jewish Studies scholarship.
(3) Meaningful research into the practice of pedagogy in Jewish studies can and should be conducted by teachers at all levels and settings, both within and outside of academia. The sub-fields of Jewish studies will benefit from the development of a "scholarship of teaching," much as has occurred in the fields of mathematics, history, and elsewhere.
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Director: Jon A. Levisohn
Senior Research Associate: Susan P. Fendrick