JANUSZ KORCZAK AND MODERN EDUC. TRENDS

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1 Syllabus JANUSZ KORCZAK AND MODERN EDUC. TRENDS Last update HU Credits: 2 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: Education Academic year: 2 Semester: 1st Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Marc Silverman Coordinator marc.silverman@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: ednesdays 12:30-14:00 Teaching Staff: Dr. Marc Silverman page 1 / 5

2 Course/Module description: Janush Korczak (1878, Warsaw 1942, Treblinka) is one of the outstanding socialpedagogues and humanist educators of the 20th century. In this course we will explore these three major dimensions of Korczak's life, educational work and writings and their respective possible relevance to Israeli and world-wide education today: Korczak's cultural identity journey: The in-between between his being a Pole, a world-embracing humanist and a Jew Korczak's world-outlook (weletenschauung): Korczak as a positivist-empiricist, mystic-poet and religious humanist Korczak's educational practices and the educational theory embedded in them: Korczak as an outstanding social-pedagogue and world-class moral educator Course/Module aims: The main intention of this course is to expose the students studying in it to the educational thought and practices of one of the 20th century's most outstanding progressive educators, Janusz Korczak; and to explore the possibility of applying many of his educational insights and practices into Israeli and world-wide education today. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Students will acquire the ability to: - Analyse and interpret Janusz Korczak's educational thought, theories and practices; - And to apply them into their own educational work in Israeli educational frameworks. Attendance requirements(%): 80 Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: The learning process in this course will be based on: The teacher's oral presentations; the reading, analysis and discussion of selections from Korczak's rich literary and educational writings, from secondary readings on his life and legacy and from other general educational thinkers and practitioners; it will also be based on the discussion of reflective minipapers composed, presented and submitted by the students themselves. page 2 / 5

3 Course/Module Content: 1 Major stations in Korczak's life-journey 2 Major stations in Korczak's life-journey (continued) Unit I Korczak's cultural identity journey: The in-between between his being a Pole, an outstanding humanist and a Jew 3 The Polish dimensions of Korczak's cultural identity 4 The humanist dimensions of Korczak's cultural identity 5 The Jewish and pro-land of Israel dimensions of Korczak's cultural identity 6 Korczak's cultural identity journey and 'wrestling' and Israeli education Unit II Korczak's world-outlook 7 Explicit and Implicit religion: A conceptual framework for the exploration & interpretation of Korczak's world outlook 8 Foundations of Korczak's world-outlook 8 Foundations of Korczak's world-outlook (continued) 9 Korczak's world-outlook and education today Unit III Korczak's educational theory and practice 10 Korczak's educational theory 11 Careful Justice' or 'Just Caring': Korczak's three stages to effective moral education 12 The Korczakian system and road to moral education and Jewish education today Required Reading: "זהותו התרבותית של י' קורצ'אק: פולניות, הומניזם ויהדות ומה ביניהם", פרק ב', הילד הוא אדם: הגותו החינוכית של י' קורצ'אק, מרק סילברמן, תל-אביב: מכון מופת, 2012, ע' שם, פרק ג', "השקפת העולם של י ק ויסודותיה החווייתיים והעיוניים", הילד הוא אדם: הגותו החינוכית של י' קורצ'אק, ע' שם, פרק ד', "התיאוריה החינוכית של י' קורצ'אק והשתקפותה בפדגוגיה שלו ", שם, ע' Additional Reading Material: Bernheim, Mark (1989) Father of the Orphans The story of Janusz Korczak, New York: E.P. Dutton Bogacki, Tomek (2009) The Champion of Children: The Story of Janusz Korczak, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Cohen, Adir (1994) The Gates of Life, Rutherford, N.J. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Efron, Sara Efrat (2008) "Moral education between hope and hopelessness: The legacy of Janusz Korczak ", Curriculum inquiry, January, Vol. 38 1, p ( Engel, Liba H. (2008) Experiments in Democratic Education: Dewey's Lab School and Korczak's Children's Republic, The Social Studies, 99:3, (2004) "Does School Reform Have Legs? The Flourishing of Janusz Korczaks Pedagogy in Modern Israel. The Educational Forum, Volume 68, Issue 2 page 3 / 5

4 "Janusz Korczak: Universal significance of his work and martyrdom", Dialogue and universalism Vol. VII, No. 9-10, 1997, A. Lewin & Ryszard Wasita (guest editors), p Korczak, Janusz (1922) King Matt the First, Richard Lourie (translator) Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2004 (1923) Little King Matty...and the Desert Island, Adam Czasak (translator), London: Joanna Pinewood, 1990 (1925)When I am Little Again (1925) & The Child's Right to Respect(1929), E.P. Kulawiec, (translator) Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1992 (1935) Big business Billy, Cyrus Brooks (trans), London: Minerva Publishing, 1939 (1942) Ghetto Diary, Jerezy Bachrach (translator) Yale university press, 2003 Lewowicki, Tadeusz, "Janusz Korczak", Prospects: the quarterly review of comparative education (Paris, UNESCO: International Bureau of Education), vol. XXIV, no. 1/2, 1994, p Lifton, Betty Jean (1988) The King of Children A biography of Janusz Korczak, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Olczak, Hanna (1965) Mister Doctor the life of Janusz Korczak, London : P. Davies Selected works of Janusz Korczak, (1967) Martin Wolins (ed.), Jerzy Bachrach (translator), Warsaw: The central institute for scientific, technical and economic information Silverman, Marc (2011) " Janush Korczaks Life and Legacy for Jewish education, International handbook of Jewish education Vol. 1, Helena Miller, Lisa D. Grant & Alex Pomson (editors), Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer, p ( ) "The never-closing gates of repentance in Janusz Korczak's educational philosophy and practice", Morim/Madrichim. Org: (2007) Janusz Korczaks implicit religiosity: Its place in his educational approach and its relevance to education today, Studies in Jewish Education Vol. XI: Languages and literatures in Jewish education Studies in honor of Michael Rosenak, J. Cohen (editor), E. Holzer and A. Isaacs (assistant eds.) Jerusalem: Magnes, p Witkowska, Agnieszka, "Janusz Korczak - Legacy of a Writer and Pedagogue" r/ean5/content/janusz-korczak-legacy-of-a-writer-and-pedagogue Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 0 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 10 % Project work 70 % Assignments 20 % Reports 0 % page 4 / 5

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