Learning to be present: How hevruta learning can activate teachers’ relationships to self, other and text

Journal of Jewish Education

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-239

  Raider Roth, Miriam ^a   Holzer, Elie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 79960547073     PISSN: 15244113     EISSN: 1554611X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15244110903079045     Document Type: Article

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