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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Jewish Education
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. eilon schwortz
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wednesday, 16:00 - 17:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Eilon Schwortz
Course/Module description:
course description The course explores the various models and conceptualizations of the interaction of science and religion and their educational implication
Course/Module aims:
course aims: to familiarize students with the conceptual models if the relationship of science and religion and alert them to their educational implications
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
learning outcomes: an ability to apply different models of analysis of the problem and their educational ramifications
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
teaching arrangements and method classroom discussion and lecture
course content
teaching arrangements and method classroom discussion and lecture
course content
teaching arrangements and method classroom discussion and lecture
course content
teaching arrangements and method classroom discussion and lecture
course content
teaching arrangements and method classroom discussion and lecture
course content
teaching arrangements and method classroom discussion and lecture
course content
Course/Module Content:
Positivism, Separation of Magestra, or Scientific and Cultural Paradigms?
Religion and Science – The Beginning of a Culture War and the Hermeneutic Question
Scientific (and Religious) Positivism – Evolution and Creation: A Case Study
Separate But Equal?
Scientific and Cultural Paradigms
Is There a Connection Between Facts and Values?
The Religious Critique of Science Education
Cosmology and Theology
A Haredi Approach to Climate Change
A Return to Cosmology
The Natural World, Miracles, Punishment and Reward: Cosmology in the Religious Sources
The Religious Experience
Culture Wars and Rebuilding the Relationship between Religion and Science
Covid and the Case of Haredim
Values – Between Science and Policy
Required Reading:
• ריצ'רד דוקינס, הגן האנוכי, ע' 15-34.
• Richard Dawkins, “Good and Bad Reasons for Believing”, A Devil’s Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science and Love, pp.242-8.
• משה טרופ, "בריאה – מוצא החיים", עולמות נפגשים: מדע וטכנולוגיה בראי ההלכה
• סטיבן ג'יי גולד, "בראשית וגיאולוגיה", הידד לברונטוזאורוס, ע' 415-429
• Stephen Jay Gould, "NOMA Defined and Defended", Rocks of Ages, pp.49-67
• Baruch Sterman, "Judaism and Darwinian Evolution", Tradition, 1991
• תומס קון, המבנה של מהפכות מדעיות, קטעים
• John Dewey, "The Influence of Darwinism on Philosophy", The Essential Dewey, Volume I., pp.39-45
• Mary Midgley, Evolution as a Religion, pp.10-29
• אילון שוורץ, “פירוק הדיכוטומיה מצוי/ראוי”
• David Vold, “Evolution and the Fundamentalist Critique”
• Joseph Pitt, “The Myth of Science Education”
• בניהו טבילה, "תן דעתך שלא תחריב"
• Stephen Toulmin, “The Return to Cosmology”
• Eilon Schwartz, “The Return of Biblical Cosmology”
• Jeremy Benstein, “Alma De’Atei, The-World-That-Is-Coming: Reflections on Power, Knowledge, Wisdom and Progress”
• תיבת נח, עשרת הדברות, ברכה וקללה בספר דברים, רמב"ם ורמב"ן על השגחה וניסים
• וויליאם ג'ימס, קטעים מתוך החוויה הדתית לסוגיה
• אברהם יהושע השל, "פליאה" ו-"שאלה שמופנית אלינו", אלוהים מחפש את האדם, ע' 34-42 .80-89
• Liel Leibowitz, “Religion, Science and the Religion of Science”
• Daniel Sarewitz, “Stop Treating Science Denial Like a Disease”
• Daniel Sarewitz, “The Notion that Science Can Be Used to Reconcile Political Disputes is Fundamentally Flawed”
• Andrew Jewett, Science Under Fire: Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America
Additional Reading Material:
none
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 60 %
Presentation / Poster Presentation / Lecture/ Seminar / Pro-seminar / Research proposal 30 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 10 %
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