Research
Teachers Learn and Learners Teach: Enacting Presence in Online Havruta Text Study
In the wake of COVID, the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute (MTEI) faced essential pedagogical challenges in creating learner-centered, relational, and …
Moving Toward a Utopian Future One Step at a Time: Taking Our Future Creating Workshop Online
As most of our planet contends with the harsh reality and fallout from the current pandemic, it can be difficult …
Bringing Practitioner Inquiry Jewish Education to Life: A Special Issue of Journal of Jewish Education
As “discussants” of this journal issue, we are impressed and inspired by these authors’ energy, dedication, and commitment to improving …
The Story of the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute: From Problem to Idea to Practice
In response to anxieties concerning the future of Jewish life, in August of 1988, Mort Mandel convened a Commission on …
Beyond Prepared Materials: Fostering Teacher Learning in the Service of Children’s Learning.
This paper illuminates the beginning steps in learning to teach – gaining new knowledge and transforming it for purposes of …
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Professor of Jewish Education“From the start we at MTEI adopted an inquiry stance toward our work. We studied our practice and invited others to study us as well. Through self study and through outside research and evaluation, we learned about our work and its impact in the field. We also modeled what it means to be a student of your own practice.”
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