Elie Holzer is a practice-oriented philosopher of Jewish education who serves as Associate Professor at the School of Education, directs the Stern Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Education and holds the R. Dr. David Ochs Chair for Teaching Jewish Religious Studies, at Bar Ilan University. His research integrates text-based Jewish studies, philosophical hermeneutics, pedagogy, and ethical-spiritual traditions. His book A Philosophy of Havruta: Understanding and Teaching the Art of Text Study in Pairs (with Orit Kent, Academic Studies Press) won the 2014 National Jewish Book Award.

"This highly original book offers readers an opportunity to study rabbinic texts on education with a gifted teacher and to experience a process of learning which touches the mind and heart. To help readers grow into attuned learners, Holzer presents a way of studying ancient texts that cultivates the ethical dimensions of learning. Anyone interested in dialogical approaches to education and empowering text study will benefit greatly from reading this book."

• Attuned Acknowledgments Part One: Conceptual FrameworksChapter One: The Concept of Attuned LearningChapter Two: Reading Rabbinic Texts for EducationPart Two: Co-Learners’ Attuned LearningIntroduction:Collaborative Learning in Rabbinic LiteratureChapter Three: Self-Refinement in Argumentative LearningChapter Four: Study Partners’ LearningPart Three: Teachers and Students’ Attuned LearningIntroduction: Teaching in Rabbinic LiteratureChapter Five: Learning TransformationsChapter Six: Disruptions and RepairsChapter Seven: The Visages of Learning InteractionsPart Four: Attuned Learning and Educational ThoughtChapter Eight: Attuned Learning in Contemporary ContextsGlossary of Technical and Foreign Terms and Language UsageBibliographyIndex

Elie Holzer is a practice-oriented philosopher of Jewish education who serves as Associate Professor at the School of Education, directs the Stern Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Education and holds the R. Dr. David Ochs Chair for Teaching Jewish Religious Studies, at Bar Ilan University. His research integrates text-based Jewish studies, philosophical hermeneutics, pedagogy, and ethical-spiritual traditions. His book A Philosophy of Havruta: Understanding and Teaching the Art of Text Study in Pairs (with Orit Kent, Academic Studies Press) won the 2014 National Jewish Book Award.

"This highly original book offers readers an opportunity to study rabbinic texts on education with a gifted teacher and to experience a process of learning which touches the mind and heart. To help readers grow into attuned learners, Holzer presents a way of studying ancient texts that cultivates the ethical dimensions of learning. Anyone interested in dialogical approaches to education and empowering text study will benefit greatly from reading this book."

• Attuned Acknowledgments Part One: Conceptual FrameworksChapter One: The Concept of Attuned LearningChapter Two: Reading Rabbinic Texts for EducationPart Two: Co-Learners’ Attuned LearningIntroduction:Collaborative Learning in Rabbinic LiteratureChapter Three: Self-Refinement in Argumentative LearningChapter Four: Study Partners’ LearningPart Three: Teachers and Students’ Attuned LearningIntroduction: Teaching in Rabbinic LiteratureChapter Five: Learning TransformationsChapter Six: Disruptions and RepairsChapter Seven: The Visages of Learning InteractionsPart Four: Attuned Learning and Educational ThoughtChapter Eight: Attuned Learning in Contemporary ContextsGlossary of Technical and Foreign Terms and Language UsageBibliographyIndex

Elie Holzer is a practice-oriented philosopher of Jewish education who serves as Associate Professor at the School of Education, directs the Stern Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Education and holds the R. Dr. David Ochs Chair for Teaching Jewish Religious Studies, at Bar Ilan University. His research integrates text-based Jewish studies, philosophical hermeneutics, pedagogy, and ethical-spiritual traditions. His book A Philosophy of Havruta: Understanding and Teaching the Art of Text Study in Pairs (with Orit Kent, Academic Studies Press) won the 2014 National Jewish Book Award.

"This highly original book offers readers an opportunity to study rabbinic texts on education with a gifted teacher and to experience a process of learning which touches the mind and heart. To help readers grow into attuned learners, Holzer presents a way of studying ancient texts that cultivates the ethical dimensions of learning. Anyone interested in dialogical approaches to education and empowering text study will benefit greatly from reading this book."

• Attuned Acknowledgments Part One: Conceptual FrameworksChapter One: The Concept of Attuned LearningChapter Two: Reading Rabbinic Texts for EducationPart Two: Co-Learners’ Attuned LearningIntroduction:Collaborative Learning in Rabbinic LiteratureChapter Three: Self-Refinement in Argumentative LearningChapter Four: Study Partners’ LearningPart Three: Teachers and Students’ Attuned LearningIntroduction: Teaching in Rabbinic LiteratureChapter Five: Learning TransformationsChapter Six: Disruptions and RepairsChapter Seven: The Visages of Learning InteractionsPart Four: Attuned Learning and Educational ThoughtChapter Eight: Attuned Learning in Contemporary ContextsGlossary of Technical and Foreign Terms and Language UsageBibliographyIndex