New Approaches to Learning: How Will They Affect Jewish Education?


 

Publication Date: January 1991

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Joan N. Burstyn

Research Area: Education

Keywords: Education; Profession; Religion

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Changes taking place nationally in secular education affect Jewish education as well. This article describes four ideas that are currently popular in secular education —lifelong learning, the professionalism of teachers, the individual-in-community as the unit of instruction, and cooperative learning—and their potential impact on Jewish education.