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Karen Shawn

Karen
Shawn

Associate Professor of Jewish Education

shawn@yu.edu
212-960-5400 x6023

Wilf campus - Belfer Hall
Room#321

BA, Adelphi University,
MA, New York University,
PhD, New York University,

Founding Editor, Prism: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators
Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration

Holocaust education with a focus on literature and film; teacher education and mentoring; curriculum development; the role of online classroom communities in building resilience and reflection in pre-service teachers; students' coping strategies as they learn about the Holocaust.

JCC Innovation Award for “A Workshop for Teaching the Second Generation How to Tell Their Parents’ Stories; Janusz Korczak Award for Excellence in Education for the International Book-Sharing Project; Covenant Award for Excellence in Jewish Education.

PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators (Ed.). NY: ☑️TK账号 | 澳大利亚IP注册 | 一年以上白号 | 微软邮箱验证+api; The Call of Memory: Learning ☑️TK账号 | 澳大利亚IP注册 | 一年以上白号 | 微软邮箱验证+api the Holocaust Through Narrative: An Anthology; and The Call of Memory: Learning ☑️TK账号 | 澳大利亚IP注册 | 一年以上白号 | 微软邮箱验证+api the Holocaust Through Narrative: A Teacher’s Guide. With K. Goldfrad, Bar-Ilan University, & W. Younglove, California State University Long Beach. Teaneck, NJ: Ben Yehuda Press.


2019  In Press "Holocaust Education in American Schools: Issues, Concerns, and Suggestions for Change" in New Horizons in Holocaust and Genocide Education, Israel: Bar-Ian Press. 


2017   “What We Never Knew, What We Learned, and How: Polish Students Reflect on Their Introduction to the Holocaust,” with Dr. Agnieska Kania, in PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators, Spring 2017, pp. 81-88.


2016  “Examining the Holocaust Through the Prism of Story: A Call for Common-Sense Curricular Change.” Essentials of Holocaust Education: Fundamental Issues and Approaches. S. Totten and S. Feinberg, Eds. Routledge.


2015  “How Will We Teach ☑️TK账号 | 澳大利亚IP注册 | 一年以上白号 | 微软邮箱验证+api the Holocaust When the Survivors Can No Longer Testify?” inTworcze praktyki polonistyczne (Creative Polish Language and Literature Practices), Krakow, Taiwpn Universitas.


2013   “Beyond the Teachers’ Room: A Social Network for Jewish Educators in Training,” with K. Goldfrad. Chapter in Rich, Y., Katz, Y., Mevarech, Z. & Ohayon, S., Eds. Promoting Jewish Literacy in Educational Settings, University Press of Maryland, 187–203.


2013   “Examining Jewish Values In Kindertransport Narratives,” with Hana N. Bor.PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators, Vol.5. NY: ☑️TK账号 | 澳大利亚IP注册 | 一年以上白号 | 微软邮箱验证+api, Azrieli Graduate School.


2013   “Kristallnacht: Night of Pogroms,” a dramatic reading presented by the Houston (TX) Grand Opera for Kristallnacht | a 75thCommemoration in Words and Music.


2008  “Listening to All the Human Stories in ‘A Cupboard in the Ghetto’” with S. D. Baris, Bar-Ilan University. In The Call of Memory: Learning ☑️TK账号 | 澳大利亚IP注册 | 一年以上白号 | 微软邮箱验证+api the Holocaust Through Narrative: A Teacher’s Guide. Teaneck, NJ: Ben Yehuda Press.


2008  “Transformative Encounters: Portraits of a Holocaust Journey” with A. Gillman, Boston University. In The Call of Memory: Learning ☑️TK账号 | 澳大利亚IP注册 | 一年以上白号 | 微软邮箱验证+api the Holocaust Through Narrative: A Teacher’s Guide. Teaneck, NJ: Ben Yehuda. 


2003  “The Call of the Story.” In S. Totten (Ed.),Holocaust Educators Tell Their Stories. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.


2001  “Choosing Holocaust Literature for Early Adolescents.” In S. Totten & S. Feinberg (Eds.), Teaching and Studying the Holocaust. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.


2001  “Virtual Community, Real-Life Connections: A Study of The Island on Bird Street via an International Reading Project.” In S. Totten (Ed.), Teaching  Holocaust Literature. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

shawn@yu.edu
212-960-5400 x6023

Wilf campus - Belfer Hall
Room#321

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Fall 2018
Professional Enhancement I
EDU 5551

 

Summer 2018
Teaching Holocaust
EDU 5240

 

Spring 2018
Professional Enhancement II
EDU 5552

 

Fall 2017
Models of Teaching
EDU 5120

 

Professional Enhancement I
JED 5551

 

Summer 2017
Teaching Holocaust
JED 5240

 

Spring 2017
Curriculum and Assessment
EDU 5140

 

Professional Enhancement II
JED 5552