Teacher leaders and members of the UK-JHFE Holocaust Education Initiative lead an interactive workshop for students in the University of Kentucky’s Masters with Initial Certification program. (University of Kentucky photo by Karen Petrone)
Teachers across Kentucky have the opportunity to enhance K-12 Holocaust education through a University of Kentucky-led training initiative, according to a news release from UK.
Educators can register for online and in-person Holocaust education workshops, offered from late January through early June of 2023.
Funded by a grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund (JHF), the UK-JHF Holocaust Education Initiative creates opportunities for interdisciplinary content sharing, pedagogical training and collaborative planning.
The program, launched last May by Jewish Studies in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, aims to empower Kentucky teachers to meet the challenges of state-mandated legislation. In 2018, the legislature passed the Ann Klein and Fred Gross Holocaust Education Act, which requires Holocaust education be taught in all middle and high schools.
Since 2021, faculty members in Jewish Studies and the UK College of Education have been collaborating with educators across the state to develop a series of workshops specifically focused on Kentucky academic standards.
Recently, the program received an additional $400,000 in funding from the Jewish Heritage Fund — extending the project for at least another year. Using the funding, the UK-JHF Holocaust initiative will begin recruiting for a second round of teacher-leaders.
“We are absolutely thrilled to continue our work with teachers across the state on creating ethical, engaging Holocaust education curriculum,” Janice Fernheimer, co-director of the initiative, said. “Given the current public discourse, it is ever more important to help students understand the ways simple, everyday acts have the power to both contribute to and prevent horrific acts of genocide. Each of us can positively impact the world through how we speak to and treat others.”
“Teachers can expect to deepen their knowledge of one of the most harrowing and defining events in world history and to learn instructional approaches that engage students on the questions that still linger a century later,” Kathy Swan, professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education, said. “Pairing content expertise of the Jewish Studies program with the instructional expertise of the faculty in Teacher Education offers teachers a good foundation on how to approach hard history in an intellectually meaningful and grade-appropriate manner.”
The goals of the initiative are multi-layered — to recruit and train teachers to ethically educate about the Holocaust, create curricular materials that can be used by fellow educators and to share these materials on the UK Holocaust Education web
The initiative also builds upon the university’s robust Jewish Studies program, which was first established as an interdisciplinary minor in 1996.
Kentucky teachers interested in participating in the program can find a calendar of events and registration links here. For additional information and questions, contact Karen Petrone or Janice Fernheimer.
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Mwalimu wa Uingereza na mwanachama wa UK-JHFE Holocaust Education Initiative anaongoza warsha ya maingiliano kwa wanafunzi katika Chuo Kikuu cha Kentucky's Masters na Programu ya Uthibitisho wa Mwanzo. "Kentucky: ""Mwalimu katika Kentucky ana nafasi ya kuboresha K-12 Holocaust elimu kupitia Chuo Kikuu cha Kentucky-kuongozwa mpango wa mafunzo,"" alisema katika taarifa ya habari kutoka Uingereza." Wanafunzi wanaweza kujiandikisha kwa ajili ya mafunzo ya Holocaust mtandaoni na katika mtu, zinazotolewa kutoka mwishoni mwa Januari hadi mwanzoni mwa Juni 2023. Kwa msaada wa fedha kutoka kwa Mfuko wa Urithi wa Kiyahudi (JHF), mpango wa elimu ya Holocaust wa Uingereza na JHF huunda fursa za kushiriki maudhui ya interdisciplinary, mafunzo ya ufundishaji na mipango ya ushirikiano. Programu hiyo, iliyoanzishwa Mei iliyopita na Jewish Studies katika Chuo cha Sanaa na Sayansi cha Uingereza, inakusudia kuwawezesha walimu wa Kentucky kukabiliana na changamoto za sheria za serikali. Mwaka 2018, sheria ya Ann Klein na Fred Gross ya Elimu ya Holocaust ilipitishwa, ambayo inahitaji elimu ya Holocaust kufundishwa katika shule zote za kati na za sekondari. Tangu 2021, washiriki wa kitivo katika Mafunzo ya Kiyahudi na Chuo cha Elimu cha Uingereza wamekuwa wakishirikiana na walimu kote jimbo kuendeleza mfululizo wa warsha zilizozingatia haswa viwango vya kitaaluma vya Kentucky. Hivi karibuni, mpango huo ulipokea fedha za ziada za $ 400,000 kutoka kwa Mfuko wa Urithi wa Kiyahudi - kupanua mradi huo kwa angalau mwaka mwingine. Kwa kutumia fedha hizo, mpango wa UK-JHF Holocaust utaanza kuajiri mzunguko wa pili wa viongozi wa walimu. "Tunafurahi sana kuendelea na kazi yetu na walimu kote jimbo juu ya kuunda maadili, kujihusisha na mtaala wa elimu ya Holocaust, "Janice Fernheimer, mkurugenzi mwenza wa mpango huo, alisema. "Kwa kuzingatia mazungumzo ya sasa ya umma, ni muhimu zaidi kuwasaidia wanafunzi kuelewa jinsi vitendo rahisi, vya kila siku vinavyoweza kuchangia na kuzuia vitendo vya kutisha vya mauaji ya kimbari. """ "Kila mmoja wetu anaweza kuathiri ulimwengu kwa njia ambayo tunazungumza na kuwatendea wengine, ""walimu wanaweza kutarajia kuimarisha maarifa yao ya moja ya matukio ya kutisha na kuamua katika historia ya ulimwengu na kujifunza mbinu za kufundisha ambazo zinawavutia wanafunzi juu ya maswali ambayo bado yanaendelea karne moja baadaye,"" alisema Kathy Swan, profesa katika Idara ya Mtaala na Mafundisho katika Chuo cha Elimu." "Kupanga ""Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Kiyahudi"" na ""Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti." Walimu wa Kentucky wanaopendezwa na kushiriki katika programu wanaweza kupata kalenda ya matukio na viungo vya usajili hapa. Kwa habari zaidi na maswali, wasiliana na Karen Petrone au Janice Fernheimer. Habari zetu zinaweza kuchapishwa tena mtandaoni au kuchapishwa chini ya leseni ya Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Tunakuomba uhariri tu kwa mtindo au kufupisha, kutoa sifa sahihi na kiungo kwa tovuti yetu. Tafadhali angalia miongozo yetu ya kuchapisha tena kwa matumizi ya picha na picha.