Portraits of Adult Jewish Learning
In 2022, the “Portraits of Adult Jewish Learning” project published a book with that title that brought together the work of a dozen Jewish education scholars and practitioners who present colorful narratives about a highly diverse range of adult Jewish learners.
Webinar about Portraits of Adult Jewish Learning
In September 2022, Diane Tickton Schuster discussed the book with a panel of esteemed experts who are interested in how adult learners learn and the evolving conceptions of Jewish literacy in the 21st century.
Spotlight on Adult Jewish Learning
In this webinar from December 2021, a group of experienced educators who participated in the “Portraits of Adult Jewish Learning” project talked about what they learned from their studies of adult Jewish learning opportunities.
Serendipity and Pedagogy: Presenting the Weekly Parashah Through Rabbinic Eyes
Carl M. Perkins discussed the pedagogic challenges of teaching rabbinic perspectives on the themes of the weekly Torah portion during Shabbat morning synagogue services.
Using the Contextual Orientation to Facilitate the Study of Bible with Generation X
Beth Cousens, Susan P. Fendrick, and Jeremy S. Morrison examined how a contextual orientation toward teaching Bible in a liberal synagogue affects the learning and engagement process for adults in their twenties and thirties.
Teaching Adult Jewish Educators about Teaching Bible
Lisa D. Grant and Andrea L. Weiss wrote about what teachers of Bible to adults in liberal settings need to know and be able to do, and what kinds of learning opportunities foster those capacities.
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