Buy this book on-line Winter, Nathan H : JEWISH EDUCATION IN A PLURALIST SOCIETY: SAMSON BENDERLY AND JEWISH EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATESNew York : New York University., 1966.
8vo. Xvi, 262 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – education – United States – history; Benderly, Samson, 1876-1944. Benderly (1876-1944) , who was born in Palestine, moved to Baltimore in 1898 and received a medical degree from Johns Hopkins, though he did not pursue that career. In 1910, he was made New York's first director of the Bureau of Jewish Education. “Benderly conceived of a comprehensive educational program to raise the level of Jewish life in America. He was the American organizer of Ivrit be-Ivrit pedagogy[; ]initiated pilot schools which developed curricula and experimented with new ideas[; ] organized school board representatives, formed principals' and teachers' study groups, and initiated a leadership training program to make Jewish education a profession[; ] pioneered in the education of Jewish girls, and in adolescent and secondary Jewish schooling[; ] experimented with Jewish educational camping, initiated home-study projects for the preschool child, and designed extension programs for the unschooled. His bureau structure was the prototype for similar agencies throughout America, and the personnel he trained became foremost leaders of Jewish education in America. ”(Winter, EJ) Has dust jacket with a few small chips around the edges. Very good condition. (ComHist-12-16) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Winter, Nathan H : JEWISH EDUCATION IN A PLURALIST SOCIETY: SAMSON BENDERLY AND JEWISH EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, rare books, livres rares, first editions and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |