Development of an International Model for Curriculum Reform in Multicultural Education and Cultural Diversity Training Field Monitoring Report: May 5, 2013

TOPICS FOR FIELD MONITORING 1.Brief summary of DOIT’s Objectives. 2.Brief Overview of DOIT’s consortium. 3.Main Results Achieved to Date Development Dissemination Quality Assurance Sustainability 4.Activities that contributed to the Results 5.Future Plans Dissemination Sustainability

OBJECTIVES

Foster and strengthen the sharing of knowledge relating to the dynamic processes of ME (multicultural Education) and CDT (Cultural diversity training) among professionals involved in education. Objectives:

Construct and Develop a Principle Multi- Dimensional Program that promotes curricular reform for multicultural education and cultural diversity training in HEI in IL, GE and consortium EU members Involvement of key stakeholders, faculty and students.

Test the pilot program in all HEIs in IL and GE and integrate the program within their curriculum. Pilot the program in targeted European Members of the Consortium (GER, AUSTRIA and Netherlands)

Disseminate the designed and tested programs: universal educational modules that can be used in any HEIs culturally specific modules for HEIs in IL and GE ; teacher-training workshops for the faculty of HEI ; teaching materials; and outside of the classroom activities for the students that promote inter-cultural relations.

Develop and create a portal that facilitates the quality of work, communication, materials, dissemination and sustaining of the program among members and beyond.

Outputs: Teaching materials and syllabi of the educational modules Extra-curricular activity program for students. Rubrics for curriculum development. Interactive Learning Portal

Professional Educators of Teachers will have strategic models for multicultural educational training and developing cultural competency among students of education and teachers. Professional Educators of Teachers gain life-long skills which they pass on to their students and teachers (domino effect).

OUR CONSORTIUM

Academic Colleges of Education, Departments of Education in Universities, and NGO which are involved in education and social Issues of their society. Professionals who are aware and involved in the social challenges that their students of education must face in the classroom. Involved in their society (not part of the ivory tower club). Our Consortium

Consortium Composition: 16 HEI and 4 NGO + 3 Student unions 6 HEI in Israel 5 HEI from Georgia HEI from UK (2), GER, AUS, NETH, NGOs: Israel, Georgia (2) and Estonia.

Israeli HEIs: Gordon Academic College of Education Sachnin Academic College Kaye Academic College of Education Interdisciplinary Center of Hertzilya Sapir Academic College Ben Gurion University of the Negev – Israeli NGO: Interfaith Encounter Association – Student Unions of GCE, SAC, IDC. Quality of Consortium:

1.Ilia State University 2.Tbilisi State University 3.Sokhumi State University 4.Telavi State University 5.Samtskhe-Javakheti State Teaching College ( unified Akhaltsikhe State Teaching University and Akhalkalaki Higher Educational Institution College) 6.Civic Development Institute 7.Center for Civil Integration and Inter-Ethnic Relations 8.Student unions of ISU, TELAVI, SJSTU Georgian Partners

University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Institute of Education, University of London, United Kingdom Birkbeck College, United Kingdom University of Education in Upper-Austria Hogeschool van Arnhem, The Netherlands Jaan Tonisson Institute, Estonia European Partners

MAIN ACHEIVEMENTS AND RESULTS TO DATE

Working Package #1 DEVELOPMENT Established Working Teams that defined, delegated and scheduled tasks: For Course Development Children and Human Rights through Education Identity and Culture Pedagogical Approaches in the Classroom that Promote Inter-cultural Relations. Ethnic and Minority Groups in Georgia Ethnic and Minority Groups in Israel For Curriculum Assessment and Evaluation Academic Quality Quality Assurance of DOIT as a whole (logistics, communications, collaboration, etc.). NGO-Student team Main Results Achieved To Date (October 15-May 4 th )

Course development teams have been developing their educational units and material. The rationale for the courses have been defined. Units are being developed. Curriculum Assessment Team has created a TEMPLATE that all courses must use and relate to. Curriculum Assessment team is finalizing the tools to academically assess the courses and is preparing a bibliography related to curriculum issues and a glossary. Quality Assurance Team has been monitoring our work from the first consortium meeting onward and has created questionnaires, conducted observations of working sessions, gathered data and described data relating to the overall functioning, management and communication within DOIT. Main Results Achieved To Date (October 15-May 4 th )

Working Package #2: DOIT’s Portal is launched and running. Home Page Working areas Financial Management area Consortium news

Activities to Date that have contributed to DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM MEETING #1: October Tbilisi CONSORTIUM MEETING #2: March in Landau Periodic Israeli Meetings and Periodic Georgian Meetings. NUMEROUS Skype meetings of working team leaders with members of their team. Numerous SKYPE meetings of Coordinator and team leaders. Meetings that contribute to development and our results to date:

Main Results Achieved To Date (October 15-May 4 th ) Working Package #7: Dissemination and Sustainability Opening Conference at Gordon College: Presenting DOIT and its goals, objectives and program to over 200 faculty members in October 2012 Public Lecture and Roundtable discussion with Prof. Eric Uslaner (Topic of Diversity, Segregation and Trust) in cooperation with the Embassy of the USA (Jan 6, 2012). Presentation at Israeli Information Day for TEMPUS (January 14, 2012). Launching of DOIT’s PORTAL— Presenting Course Development of DOIT’s Courses to the Academic Committee of GCE (Key stakeholders—High administrators, Academic Heads, Head of MED Program and Head of MED department, BED Department heads, etc.). Dissemination

Main Results Achieved To Date (October 15-May 4 th ) Dissemination through the Media

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Main Results Achieved To Date (October 15-May 4 th ) : Dissemination through our banner

Main Results Achieved To Date (October 15-May 4 th ) Sustainability Processes to Date Sokhumi State University has used courses developed through DOIT to create a new minor discipline in “Intercultural Education” which is presently being assessed for program accreditation by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. They are integrating courses next year in their Master’s Program of History.

FUTURE PLANS MAY 2013-OCTOBER 2014 AND BEYOND!!

Future Plans to Disseminate the Project's Results and Ensure Sustainability.. Dissemination through Conferences: May 20: Oranim’s MA Secretarial Committee: Presenting DOIT. May 26: Educational Management National Conference: Haifa, Israel (one Paper). June: 7 th Annual Conference: Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education: Institute of Education, London, UK. (one paper and one poster sessions). July 1-4: The 6 th International Conference on Teacher Education: Changing Reality through Education. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel (at least one paper and one poster session). July 11-14: The European Conference on Education: Learning and Teaching Through Transformative Spaces (one panel and 7 papers). NATIONAL GEORGIAN CONFERENCE ISRAELI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE STUDENT HAPPENINGS

1.Dissemination and sustainability through FACULTY WORKSHOPS: a.Training faculty to use DOIT’s curriculum. b.Workshop on Children and Human Rights Through Education. 2. Dissemination and sustainability through the commitment of DOIT’s HEI to integrate new courses into their curriculum. 3. Dissemination through STUDENT ACTIVITIES. 4. Dissemination through international conference participation. 5. Dissemination through articles relating to DOIT’s acheviements and results. 6. Dissemination and sustainability through the publication of DOIT’s handbooks. Future Plans to Disseminate the Project's Results and Ensure Sustainability

FUTURE PLANS:Dissemination and sustainability through the portal Portal is the central meet point for dissemination within the consortium. The launching of the PUBLIC Portal will be the key point of dissemination beyond DOIT’s consortium. Commitment to keep the portal up and running after the life of the project (continuation program is in the planning).

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