This guide illustrates some of the learning trends that you need to know about a Jewish education.
While some adults in Australia identify the experience of their Jewish education Sydney as a turn off from their involvement decades ago in Jewish learning, they marvel at the variety and sophistication of what is being offered to their grandchildren, children, and themselves now as adult learners.
One recent thrust has been an emphasis on childhood education. The early childhood education offered in Jewish schools in Australia estimates that around 100,000 children are in Jewish early childhood learning programs. The programs are offered through Jewish community centres, individual congregations and daycare services that include a focus on Shabbat and many other holidays. Some programs offer Hebrew immersion classes for kids as young as three years old. Other programs such as the Hadassah’s training wheels, in which young children and parents come together for holiday celebrations every month, attempt to build a positive experience in Jewish learning.
Once young children reach school-age, parents are faced with a very important choice – to send the children to public schools, Jewish day schools, or private schools. The day school movement was once limited to the Orthodox community but it has grown over the last 20 years.
Currently, there are many Jewish day schools with an enrollment of thousands of students. Almost half of these schools are affiliated with the Orthodox movement but several include non-denominational schools, independent schools, Solomon Schechter schools, Jewish Montessori-style schools, and Reform Day schools. Most of these schools that offer Jewish education are located in major metropolitan areas, but we have some smaller Jewish communities that are in modest-size cities.
Parents who send their kids to supplementary schools for primary Jewish learning are often surprised to discover that these institutions have changed since their own school days. Jewish educators are working very hard to find the most effective ways they can provide a Jewish education and making steps towards creating effective, innovative models for Jewish learning. A lot of schools are turning towards experiential education, in which kids learn Jewish studies through creative arts. Other schools take students for overnight Shabbat retreats several times a year hence immersing them in social and Jewish learning experiences.
In the supplementary schools, there is a trend to parallel public schools that emphasize service learning. A lot of religious schools take on special service projects for the year. They also emphasize service learning. A lot of religious schools take on special projects for the year and focus on Tikkun Olam through a hands-on type of learning.
We also have family educators who offer parents some of the Jewish education Sydney that they might have missed when they were growing up. A lot of supplementary schools have programs where parents participate in learning alongside their kids during several special programs throughout the year. Some schools give homework that involves the entire family in Jewish learning.
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