This study was intended to advance our understanding of how the design and implementation of Interdisciplinary Learning Environments (ILEs) among humanistic fields of inquiry in middle schools might advance educational goals. To do so, we employed a mixed-methods approach, including philosophical analysis, qualitative inquiry, quantitative analysis, and design based implementation research (DBIR). we  explored ten schools in Israel to follow the implementation of an interdisciplinary teaching model which we developed. Our findings were published in a series of papers in top-tier educational journals, and as a report and a teacher guide.

Co PI: Prof. Hanan Alexander.

We examined the changing narratives of Holocaust memory in five key countries on both sides of the former “Iron Curtain”: Poland, Germany, Hungary, the U.K, and Spain. Each of these countries bears a different Holocaust legacy and all five  are currently undergoing economic and social upheaval involving a rise of alt-right parties and rising antisemitism. 

Within each country our data-collection focused on three goals: obtaining a clear picture of the political Holocaust-related discourse in that country, clarifying educational attitudes and goals of Holocaust educators and identifying links in the public imagination between the Holocaust, contemporary antisemitism, anti-immigration and nationalism, as they are expressed on social media platforms. This project culminated in a book titled "Sites of Tension" and in a special issue in the Journal of Holocaust
Research. 

Co PI: Prof. Arieh Kochavi.

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