Suchergebnisse

Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the Editors -- Chapter-1 -- Introduction: Making a Jewish Contribution to the Social Sciences: What Are Jewish Social Values and Why Do They Matter? -- Meaning of Jewish Social Values -- An Ethic of Engagement -- Universalism in Jewish Thought -- Making a Jewish Contribution -- Jewish Medical and Business Ethics -- The Current State of Jewish Social Values -- Summary of the Book -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I -- Education -- Chapter-2 -- Self-Regulation Among Students: Sharpening the Questions -- Introduction -- Overview of Chapter -- Student Learning and Development: Self-Regulation -- Research on Self-Regulation -- Belongingness is a Reason to Self-Regulate -- A Jewish Approach to Self-Regulation -- A Note on Jewish Sources -- Two Jewish Ways to Build Self-Regulation Capacity -- Some Examples of Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches Based on Jewish Ideas and Practices -- Social and Environmental Context -- Social Exclusion -- Self-Regulation and Future Orientation -- Applying These Approaches to Nonreligious Youth -- Implications for Educational Change -- The Childhood Roots of Adult Quality of Life -- Self-Regulation and Whole School Reform -- Students' Self-Regulation and Adults Who Care About Them -- Seeking Adult Guidance -- Disrupting Students' Unconscious Internal Responses -- Future Orientation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Introduction -- Introducing the Interventions -- Brief Summary of the Relevant Literature -- Background Research Information for the Four-Part Curricular Intervention -- Descriptive, Explanatory, Peer Strategies and Strengths Information -- Descriptive Information -- Explanatory Information -- Peer Strategies Information -- Strengths Information -- Inclusion Considerations -- Curricular Intervention.

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