Early Childhood Jewish Education

Multicultural, Gender, and Constructivist Perspectives

Sigal Achituv, Meir Muller, Shelley T. Alexander, Hanan Alexander

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781350131057
• eBook ISBN:
  9781350131071
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Jewish Education explores some of the fundamental questions of early childhood Jewish education in today's societal, moral, and educational debates. The book examines the challenges of transmitting Jewish heritage using developmentally appropriate pedagogy in the context of modern democratic society through the lenses of multiculturalism, gender awareness, and constructivism.

Researchers from Israel and the United States consider some of the core Jewish foundational subjects, including teaching the Bible, holidays and ceremonies, Hebrew, Jewish literature, and spirituality, as well as leadership issues in relation to these contemporary debates. The book represents the ongoing collaboration of leading researchers from Israel and the United States who have worked together since 2010 as the International Research Group on Jewish Education in the Early Years.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title Page
• Dedication Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Foreword
• Introduction Introduction: Capturing a Mosaic of the Field
• Part One Setting the Scene
• Part Two Three Contemporary Critical Lenses
• Part Three Core Jewish Subjects through the Three Contemporary Critical Lenses
• Part Four Continuing the Work
• Conclusion (Sigal Achituv, Meir Muller, and Shelley T. Alexander)
• Glossary
• Notes on Contributors
• Index
• Copyright Page