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
As part of the ongoing project “Living Diversity in Germany and Israel – Challenges and Perspectives for Education and Youth Exchange” ConAct and the Israel Youth Exchange Authority offered a bilateral professional seminar in Leipzig from September 11 to 15, 2017. For more than 40 participants this seminar provided a comparative insight into established approaches…