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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Preface -- Background: Growth of Israel Studies -- Motivation to Write This Book -- Acknowledgments -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- Part I: Navigating the Classroom -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- How to Use This Book -- What This Book Is Not -- On International Audience -- The Teaching Guide Genre -- The Sage on the Stage -- The Guide on the Side -- Student-Centered and Active Learning -- Disciplines in the Field of Israel Studies -- Disciplinary Anchors in Cultural Anthropology -- Cultural Transmission -- The Lived Experience -- Ethnographic Evidence |
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Book Overview -- Chapter Components -- Concluding Comment -- References -- Chapter 2: Start Here: The Opening Day of Class -- Introduction -- The Syllabus Response -- Israel Studies Is Political -- Thin Slicing, Course Marketing, and Student Retention -- Step 1: Introduce the Brainstorm Activity -- Step 2: Provide a Working Definition of National Culture -- Step 3: Establish Brainstorm Expectations -- Step 4: Use Timing -- Step 5: Set Up the Board for Documentation -- Step 6: Assign a Scribe -- Step 7: Pause at the Midway Point -- Step 8: Generate a Top Ten |
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Step 9: Assign Material for the Next Class -- Note on Facilitating the Day 2 Activity -- Concluding Notes: Why the National Cultural Brainstorm Works -- References -- Chapter 3: Start Now: History Can Wait -- Introduction -- Background: Teaching History Is Changing -- Today's History Students: A Profile -- Step 1: Consider Questions to Ask and Data to Collect -- Step 2: Design the Pretest -- Step 3: Administer the Pretest -- Step 4: Grade and Discuss Results with Students -- Step 5: Optional Post-test -- Step 1: Select Quotes or Images -- Step 2: Cut Quotes into Strips |
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Step 3: Students Draw Random Snippets from a Hat -- Step 4: Provide Instructions to Student Breakout Groups -- Step 5: Report Back to the Large Group -- Step 6: Students Now Read for Homework -- Step 7: Report Back to Class with More Information -- Concluding Comment on Snippets -- History Can Wait: The Logic of Syllabus Resequencing -- Let Them Decide -- Step 1: List Your Timeline Non-negotiables -- Step 2: Assign Reading and Note-Taking at Home -- Step 3: Pair and Share Notes in Class -- Step 4: Regroup as a Class, Agree on the Historical Scope -- Step 5: Set up the Board for Documentation |
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Step 6: Assign a Scribe -- Step 7: Use Timing -- Step 8: Establish Brainstorm Expectations -- Step 9: Brainstorm -- Step 10: Pause at the Midway Point -- Step 11: Negotiate the Top 10 Dates and Events -- Step 12: Close with Your Non-negotiables -- Concluding Comments: Top 10 Timeline -- Gamify the Timeline -- Step 1: Volunteer Students Create a Question Bank -- Step 2: Submit Questions for Review Before the Game -- Step 3: Finalize Game Design and Rules -- Step 4: Create Random Teams and Play -- Concluding Note on Jeopardy and Gamification Versus Seminar Discussions |
| Summary |
This book presents pedagogical strategies for todays 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 authors 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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Active learning.
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Active learning
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Civilization -- Study and teaching
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Education
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Aprenentatge actiu.
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Història.
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Israel -- History -- Study and teaching
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Israel -- Civilization -- Study and teaching
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| Subject |
Israel
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Israel.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Llibres electrònics.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031169151 |
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3031169158 |
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