1. GIVAT WASHINGTON REPORT SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2017
CURE 2017
GIVAT WASHINGTON REPORT SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2017

2. COURSE TITLE: CIVIC EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY IN ISRAEL – CHALLENGE AND DEVELOPMENT
Goals:
1. Introduce the global challenge of Civic Education and Democracy and the measures taken to resolve them
2. Recognize the goals of sustainable development in the context of Israel
3.  Analyze the activities conducted to develop Civic Education and Democracy and evaluate effectiveness of the best practices

3. Democracy and active citizenship
Civic society and democratic citizenship.
Education and citizenship
.1 A social function of education.
.2 Education for values.

4. selection procses

5. rules

6. Active citizenship

7. Civic Education for Sustainability some of the course goals…
Interim Summary
of Civic Education for Sustainability course
Michal Ramot, PhD
promoting critical and creative thinking regarding sustainability issues
Develop an interdisciplinary perspective of
sustainability
enhance students’ awareness, attitudes, values, skills and sustainable behavior
Civic Education for Sustainability some of the course goals…
analyze and suggest solutions to problems regarding sustainability
acquire and apply knowledge related to sustainability in the community

8. enhance students’ awareness, attitudes, values, skills and sustainable behavior
Students’ attitudes to sustainability values before and after the course
Example of students’ responses to a survey before the course

9. assignment:
Photograph your own weekly Supermarket shopping cart,
Analyze your shopping cart according to sustainable principles

10. Writing a project blog and getting feedback from teacher and peers
Course main project:
acquire and apply knowledge related to sustainability in the community
“Think of one small change you can make: in your college, your workplace, your school, or your residence. The change must affect the place and the people around the place you chose and promote the sustainability values in aspects studied in the course…”
Running the Project including project documentation
Review and Self reflection: what did we learn from our project? Etc.
Writing a project blog and getting feedback from teacher and peers
Team work:
Designing the project

11. Planning – doing Social involvement activities in the course
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NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NEW
existent
COURSES X
 25
Globalization – online course
 55
SUNSTAIABILITY
WORLD CAFFE” 20
Active citizenship and social involvement
 22
Gender and democracy in THE Jwish sages
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