During our professional exchange program “Identity and Cross-Cultural Encounters in a Pluralistic Society” in Haifa/Israel we had the chance to speak with two Israeli educators about how to educate diversity in a pluralistic society despite or precisely because of given societal conflicts. Watch now the two interviews with Moran Ofek, Director of the Hand in…
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“Identity and Cross-Cultural Encounters in a Pluralistic Society” – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel: The Israel Youth Exchange Authority and ConAct – Coordination Center German-Israeli Youth Exchange hosted a follow-up of 2016 professional exchange program from November 27 to December 1, 2017 in Israel. During this exchange, around 40 participants from both countries got…
Read more Educating Towards Diversity – A Video Recap of Our Professional Exchange Program in Haifa
The project “Living Diversity in Germany and Israel” aims at developing a German-Israeli educational network of organizations and professionals of non-formal education who take a stand for a socially equal cooperation and against exclusion and discrimination in youth work and exchange projects. It was developed by ConAct – Coordination Center German-Israeli Youth Exchange as well…
The diversity in German-Israeli youth exchange is steadily increasing: Young people from Germany and Israel are increasingly bringing together a variety of personal stories, different cultural identities and national affiliations. An open and reflected approach of this diversity should be consciously included also in the educational work of German-Israeli youth encounters. As part of the…
Read more “Living Diversity in Youth Exchange” – Testing of Methods in Mainz Enriches Educators
German-Israeli Professional Exchange Program Young people from Israel and Germany share the quest for identity in increasingly diversified and pluralistic societies. Youth educators from both countries daily face the challenges of how to encourage a more diverse and equal youth representation in their fields of work. Haifa as a “mixed city” is an exceptional place…
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