Development, Learning, and Community : : Educating for Identity in Pluralistic Jewish High Schools / / Jeffrey Kress.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kress, Jeffrey,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Judaism and Jewish Life
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 p.)

Development, Learning, and Community uses data drawn from a study of pluralistic Jewish high schools to illustrate the complex and often challenging interplay between the cognitive and socio-aff ective elements of education. Throughout, Kress grapples with questions such as: How can the balance between community cohesion and group diff erences be achieved in diverse settings? What are the educational implications of an approach to identity development rooted in contemporary developmental theories that posit the interaction among cognition, aff ect, and behavior? How can the “formal” and “informal” off erings of a school coalesce to address these broadly conceived identity outcomes, and what are the challenges in doing so?

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE. AN INFORMAL INDUCTION -- INTRODUCTION. INSIDE THE SCHOOLS (AND OUT)- BACKGROUND AND METHODS -- CHAPTER 1. A HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH TO JEWISH EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 2. SCHOOL SKETCHES -- CHAPTER 3. EDUCATING FOR JEWISH IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 4. THE CHALLENGES OF DIVERSITY - BALANCING INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER 5. TOWARD A DISCOURSE OF JEWISH DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 6. LEADERSHIP ISSUES FOR JEWISH DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 7. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX