Presentation Abstracts and Participant Contact ... - Walsh University
Presentation Abstracts and Participant Contact ... - Walsh University
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The program addressed questions of Holocaust education <strong>and</strong> humanism in a post-Holocaust era through joint literature reading <strong>and</strong>online discussions. In a short time it developed into a worldwide educational program <strong>and</strong> reached hundreds of schools <strong>and</strong> thous<strong>and</strong>sof students in Israel <strong>and</strong> the US.The first phase of the program was based on literature for junior high school students <strong>and</strong> got the name "Children of the World learnabout Children". The second stage of the program was aimed to senior high school students based on the books of Elie Wiesel. In itspick the program was hosted in a bilingual (Hebrew <strong>and</strong> English) online Janusz Korczak school, with school loby (registration pages),classrooms (forums), history resources library for the students, teachers rooms, students art gallery, pedagogical resource center forteachers <strong>and</strong> more. Teachers training seminars were offered in Israel <strong>and</strong> the US.Following its success <strong>and</strong> quick growth the program stumbled upon many difficulties: pedagogical management, different schoolculture, teachers training, proper use of technology <strong>and</strong> financial issues. Like Icaros in the Greek mythology who flew too high <strong>and</strong>crashed down so this program had to be closed down after 15 years of inspiring educational operation.In principal we ask can we develop this program into new directions <strong>and</strong> can we develop other models of global learning that dealwith the critical human questions? And what is our missing piece in this model that in spite of its great success caused its closure?What we should do better in structuring <strong>and</strong> managing such global programs that will make them more sustainable?<strong>Participant</strong>s contact informationName Academic Affiliation E-mail PhoneMoshe Shner Ph.D.Oranim Academic CollegeJewish Philosophy DepartmentMoshe_s@oranim.ac.il /mosheshner@gmail.com972-(0)54-4993895Itzik Gonen Ph.D.Oranim Academic CollegeHead of M.Ed. Program for EducationalLeadership,The Faculty of Graduate StudiesItzik_g@oranim.ac.il 972-(0)52-2943303Basilius Bawardi Ph.D. Oranim Academic College basilius_b@oranim.ac.il 972-(0)54-4543716
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