A Philosophy of Israel Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. A Relational Philosophy of Israel Education

   • Barry Chazan

   Pages 1-15Open Access

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3. Making Israel Education Happen

   • Barry Chazan

   Pages 17-33Open Access

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4. A Culture of Israel Education

   • Barry Chazan

   Pages 35-50Open Access

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5. Epilogue

   • Barry Chazan

   Pages 51-54Open Access

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6. Back Matter

   Pages 55-64

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This book develops a new philosophy of Israel education. “Person-centered” Israel education is concerned with developing in individual learners the ability to understand and make rational, emotional, and ethical decisions about Israel, and about the challenges Israel regularly faces, whether they be existential, spiritual, democratic, humanitarian, national, etc. Chazan begins by laying out the terms of the conversation then examines the six-pronged theory of “person-centered” Israel education to outline the aims, content, pedagogy, and educators needed to implement this program. Finally, the author meditates on what a transformation from ethnic to ethical education might look like in this context and others.
This book is Open Access under a CC-BY license.

• pedagogy
• ethical education
• person-centered education
• twentieth century
• Jewish identity
• heritage studies
• religion and society

“This short book is a written analysis of the relational approach that  the Israeli people take to education in their country. … This was a nice history of what Israel education was and what it can be.” (Justin Dilliplane, Resolved for Christ, resolvedfc.blogspot.de, February, 2018)

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and, Lincolnshire, USA

  Barry Chazan

Barry Chazan is Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and teaches at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership.

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