Teaching Israel Studies

This book presents pedagogical strategies for today's diverse Israel Studies classrooms. It offers Israel-specific innovations for online teaching, tested methods for organizing global virtual exchanges that uplift marginalized voices in Israel, including Palestinian voices, and an intellectual and political overview of the field. Informed by the author's experiences in the classroom and principles shared with her by fellow instructors, the book provides a guide to developing an Israel Studies syllabus or integrating Israel Studies units into an existing curriculum

Carves out a new pedagogic path for existing and future scholarship in Israel Studies

Provides examples of theoretically and culturally engaged Israel content for global classrooms

Includes strategies for virtual learning, on-site instruction from Israel, and forging institutional partnerships

Autorentext

Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb is a cultural anthropologist and lecturer for New York University-Tel Aviv and The Hebrew Univerisity of Jerusalem, Israel. She previously taught Israel Studies courses for thirteen years at the University of Texas at Austin as an associate professor of instruction.

Klappentext

This book presents pedagogical strategies for today s diverse Israel Studies classrooms. It offers Israel-specific innovations for online teaching, tested methods for organizing global virtual exchanges that uplift marginalized voices in Israel, including Palestinian voices, and an intellectual and political overview of the field. Informed by the author s experiences in the classroom and principles shared with her by fellow instructors, the book provides a guide to developing an Israel Studies syllabus or integrating Israel Studies units into an existing curriculum

Inhalt

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I: Navigating the Classroom

1. Introduction

2. Start Here: The Opening Day of Class

3. Start Now: History Can Wait

4. Start With Them: Ethnic Studies and Others

   5. Start With Feeling: Yours

   6. Continue With Feeling: In the Classroom

   Part II: Global, Virtual, and Ethnographic Approaches

5. Study Abroad, Inc.: Israel Studies and Today's Global Programs

6. The New Global Classroom: Hybrid, Virtual, and Nearly There

7. Israel Studies' Global Reach: An Expanding Field

8. Conclusion

Appendix: Keywords Supplement: An Extended Glossary of Upsetting Terms in Israel Studies Courses