Teaching Israel Studies: Global, Virtual, and Ethnographic Approaches to Active Learning

ISBN-13: 9783031169144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 282 str.

Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb

Opis

This book presents pedagogical strategies for today’s diverse Israel Studies classrooms. It offers Israel-specific innovations for online teaching, tested methods for organizing global virtual exchanges that uplift marginalized voices in Israel, including Palestinian voices, and an intellectual and political overview of the field. Informed by the author’s experiences in the classroom and principles shared with her by fellow instructors, the book provides a guide to developing an Israel Studies syllabus or integrating Israel Studies units into an existing curriculum

Spis treści

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I: Navigating the Classroom

 

1.       Introduction

                                                                                                                                               

2.       Start Here: The Opening Day of Class

 

3.       Start Now: History Can Wait

 

4.       Start With Them: Ethnic Studies and “Others”

 

5.       Start With Feeling: Yours

 

6.       Continue With Feeling: In the Classroom

 

Part II: Global, Virtual, and Ethnographic Approaches

 

7.       Study Abroad, Inc.: Israel Studies and Today’s Global Programs

 

8.       The New Global Classroom: Hybrid, Virtual, and Nearly There

 

9.       Israel Studies’ Global Reach: An Expanding Field

 

10.   Conclusion

 

Appendix: Keywords Supplement: An Extended Glossary of “Upsetting” Terms in Israel Studies Courses

O autorze

Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb is a cultural anthropologist and lecturer for New York University-Tel Aviv and The Hebrew Univerisity of Jerusalem, Israel. She previously taught Israel Studies courses for thirteen years at the University of Texas at Austin as an associate professor of instruction.

Blurb

This book presents pedagogical strategies for today’s diverse Israel Studies classrooms. It offers Israel-specific innovations for online teaching, tested methods for organizing global virtual exchanges that uplift marginalized voices in Israel, including Palestinian voices, and an intellectual and political overview of the field. Informed by the author’s experiences in the classroom and principles shared with her by fellow instructors, the book provides a guide to developing an Israel Studies syllabus or integrating Israel Studies units into an existing curriculum

Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb is a cultural anthropologist and lecturer for New York University-Tel Aviv and The Hebrew Univerisity of Jerusalem, Israel. She previously taught Israel Studies courses for thirteen years at the University of Texas at Austin as an associate professor of instruction.