Beschreibung:
Fifteen years into a successful career as a college professor, Ilana M. Blumberg faced a teaching crisis that shook her core beliefs and sent her on a life-changing journey. Open Your Hand shares her remarkable personal story, drawing upon Blumber’s Jewish faith and her American ideals to forge a teaching practice with the potential to transform society
Contents Introduction Part One: Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn: Kindergarten to College, Beit Rabban and Michigan State University Part Two: Choosing to Learn, Learning to Choose: “Smith” Middle School Part Three: “It’s the land”: Smith School and Jerusalem Postscript: Shadow Schools: Kindergarten to College, America and Israel