[etni] [FWD: an interdisciplinary approach]

 
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Subject: an interdisciplinary approach
From: barkan michal <barkanmi@xxxxxxxxxx>
 
 I believe students should be studying History, Geography etc. in Hebrew. This 
is our beautiful ancient holy language. However, since English is the language 
used all over the world for communication, study and research, I think it would 
be a good idea for the other subject teachers to "use" the English teachers to 
enrich the students. For example, if there's an important article in English 
about a topic being studied in History, the History teacher should ask the 
English teacher to "teach" that article in the English lesson. The English 
teacher can decide whether to make the article a reading comprehension practice 
(and prepare appropriate questions); whether it should be read at home and 
discussed in class (oral presentation); whether students should translate it 
into Hebrew (each group of students will translate a paragraph); whether both 
the English and  the History teachers will give a combined lesson relating to 
the article both in English and in Hebrew (I'd say during 
 the History lesson. Shouldn't be at our "expense"). Finally, there must be a 
combined assessment both of content (History) and of language (English) so the 
students take it seriously. This has been my dream for years ? an 
interdisciplinary approach. I did it once with a Biology teacher. My students 
understood the article much better than me, so they ended up teaching me the 
subject matter. They loved it, and so did I! 
True, this can only be done when the students in the History class are the same 
ones who attend the English class?   

Michal Barkan

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