Contesting a gradual disregard for the values of dignity, democracy, and diversity in higher education, this volume explores best practices from universities and colleges in Israel and the US to illustrate how these values can offer a holistic values framework for higher education globally.
Contesting a gradual disregard for the values of Dignity, Democracy, and Diversity in higher education, this volume explores best practices from universities and colleges in Israel and the USA to illustrate how these values can offer a holistic values framework for higher education globally.
Presenting a range of interdisciplinary chapters from fields including history, philosophy, memorial studies, cultural, political, gender, and religious studies, the text considers how these values can be reflected in policy and practice across all areas of the university, including teaching and learning, admissions, students affairs, staff well-being, and institutional identity. The volume highlights constructive theories, experimental models, and case studies that collectively inform a holistic framework for moral, ethical, and equitable higher education worldwide.
Offering key insights into the relevant discourse regarding local and global events that have impacted both Israelis and Americans, this volume will appeal to researchers in the fields of higher education, sociology of education, and philosophy of education, as well as postgraduates and scholars with interests in the transformation of higher education in light of contemporary times and challenges.
Part I: Manifesting the Historical Changes of Dignity in Higher
Education Policies
1. Beyond Dichotomy: Monuments Demolition as an Offense
as well as a Catalyst for Dignity, Democracy, and Diversity [ Eyal Naveh and
Roy Weintraub]
2. Learning from the Voices of the Past: Using a Guided
Inquiry Approach to Teaching Dignity with Primary Sources [ Ashley Todd-Diaz
and Joyce Garczynski]
3. Glocal Moral Education: Classical Care Ethics, East
and West, as Foundations for Present-Day Humanist Moral Education [ Nimrod
Aloni]
4. Teaching the Holocaust: Asking Questions About Human Dignity [ Tamar
Ketko, Hana Bor, and Lori Weintrob] Part II: Reflecting Democratic Values in
Higher Education
5. The Trump Administrations Threat to American Democracy
[ Robert O. Freedman]
6. Imagining Hydraulic Futures: Democracy and the
Intersections of American History and Israeli History [ Robert E. Rook]
7. "Am
I Still Allowed to Hope?": The Philosophical and Educational Essence of Hope
[ Hanoch Ben-Pazi]
8. Building Welcoming Capacity for the Integration of
Diversified Forced Immigrants in Education and in the Community [ Khalid Arar
and Corinne Brion]
9. Ethnic Pedagogies: Incorporating Black and Jewish
Traditions in a Public University Classroom [ Rebecca Shargel and Marcia J.
Watson-Vandiver] Part III: Enhancing Diversity Ethnic Policies and
Practices in Higher Education
10. Face-to-Face with Race, Power, and
Intersectionality: Challenging Undergraduates to Meaningfully Engage with
Matters of Identity and Privilege [ Cole Reilly and Mubina Kirmani]
11. A
Cross-Culture Examination of Preservice Teachers Technology Integration
Self-Efficacy [ Tami Seifert, Liyan Song, Tina Waldman, and Zhuo Wang]
12.
Critical Pedagogy: Teaching Cultural Competence in Human Services Education
[ Diane M. Harnek Kegan and Linda M. Oravecz]
13. "Like Living for Thousands
of Years": Students of Ethiopian Origin Become Teachers [ Nissim Avissar]
14.
Can Jewish-Arab "Shared Education" Create a Sustainable Change in the Israeli
School System? [ Dafna Yitzhaki]
Tamar Ketko is Head of Teaching for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Kibbutzim College of Education, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Hana Bor is Professor of Family Studies and Community Development at the College of Liberal Arts at Towson University, USA.
Khalid Arar is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at Texas State University, San Marcos, USA.