Simone Schweber

Goodman Professor of Education and Jewish Studies
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
225 N. Mills Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-5856
(608) 263-9992
sschweber@wisc.edu

Publications

(This publication list in PDF format.)

  1. Schweber, S. (in preparation). “Under God: the teaching of history in fundamentalist schools.”
  2. Schweber, S. (2008). “’What happened to their pets?’: Third graders encounter the Holocaust.” Teachers College Record. 110(10), 2073-2115.
  3. Schweber, S. (2008). “‘Here there is no why’: Holocaust education at a Lubavitch girls’ yeshiva.” Jewish Social Studies. 14(2), 156-185.
  4. Schweber, S. & Findling, D. (in press). Teaching the Holocaust. A textbook for teaching about the Holocaust in religious schools. Los Angeles, CA: Torah Aura. (These are sample chapters: Introduction, Chapter 2, and Chapter 3. Please contact the author for other chapters.)
  5. Schweber, S. (2006). “Donning wigs, divining feelings and other dilemmas of doing research in religious school contexts.Qualitative Inquiry, 12(6).
  6. Schweber, S. (2006). “Donning wigs, divining feelings and other dilemmas of doing research in religious school contexts.” Reprinted in Barton, K. (Ed.), Research methods in social studies education: contemporary issues and perspectives. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 111-137.
  7. Schweber, S. (2006). ‘Holocaust fatigue’ in teaching today. Social Education, 7(1), 44-50.
  8. Schweber, S. (2006). “Fundamentally 9/11: The mechanics of collective memory in a fundamentalist Christian school.American Journal of Education, 112(3), 392-417.
  9. Schweber, S. (2006). “’Breaking down barriers’ or ‘building strong Christians’: Reflexive affirmation and the abnegation of history.Theory and Research in Social Education, 34(1), 9-33.
  10. Schweber, S. (2005). “It’s all an illusion: How to find a balance between work and family.Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle Careers Section, (April 12, 2005): http://chronicle.com/jobs/2005/04/2005041201c.htm
  11. Schweber, S. (2004). Making sense of the Holocaust: Lessons from classroom practice. New York: Teachers College Press.
  12. Schweber, S. & Irwin, R. (2003). “’Especially special’: Learning about Jews in a fundamentalist Christian school.Teachers College Record, 105(9), 1693-1719.
  13. Schweber, S. (2003). “Simulating Survival.Curriculum Inquiry, 33(2), 139-188.
  14. Schweber, S. (2003). “Rejoinder to Miriam Ben-Peretz.Curriculum Inquiry, 33(2), 199-206.
  15. Schweber, S. (1999). “Victimized Again? The Representation of Jews in Holocaust Units.Journal of Jewish Education, 65(1&2), 42-59.