Diversity-conscious education – what does that mean? During our one-day professional forum “Facing Diversity – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel” on June 22, 2017 in Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin, we tackled that crucial question from many sides. Immanuel Benz (German Federal Youth Council) gave a good definition, but many other participants shed light on important…
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“Facing Diversity – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel”: ConAct – Coordination Center German-Israeli Youth Exchange hosted a one-day professional forum on June 22, 2017 at Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin. During this forum the participants of the educational, political and cultural sectors could reflect on the achieved results and create a space for networking and the…
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While our societies change and become increasingly diverse, there is a rising awareness that we need to face the challenges that come along with it. Given the demand for educational tools and methods it is not surprising that the educational landscape offers more and more opportunities to gain knowledge on diversity-conscious education. Hereafter you will…
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Since autumn 2015 ConAct has been working on fostering the exchange on diversity in Germany and Israel through various bilateral events within the frame of the project “Living Diversity in Germany and Israel – Challenges and Perspectives for Education and Youth Exchange”. The newly released booklet Living Diversity in Germany and Israel: Snapshots – Contemplations…
Yonathan Bar-On is a historian (specializations: French Jewry, anti-Semitism, and migrants in Europe) and an English teacher at the Leo Baeck Education Center in Haifa. He emigrated to Israel from the Netherlands in 1995. At his school, which takes part in and is responsible for a wide range of international and multicultural activities, Yonathan has…