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Roundtable: The Study of Civics in Israel – Where to Now?

The Israel Democracy Institute | 4 Pinsker Street, Jerusalem

The Israeli society of tomorrow is being formed in today's civics classes. Because of this, we are witnessing an ongoing debate as to what is the right way to teach civics to Israeli students. Should we be developing critical thought or should we only display the "glass that is half full"? How much should we expose students to divergent visions of the State of Israel? On Wednesday June 15, 2011, IDI convened a panel of experts at its George Shultz Roundtable Forum, in order to stimulate professional and public discourse regarding this matter, out of a sense of responsibility to our common future in the Jewish and democratic state.

This Hebrew event was open to the public and was broadcast live on the IDI website.

Moderator:

Dr. David (Dudi) Tadmor, Managing Partner, Tadmor & Co.

Former Ministers of Education:


Academicians and Educators:

  • Dr. Ayman K. Agbaria, Department of Leadership and Policy in Education, University of Haifa
  • Prof. Dan Avnon, Department of Political Science, Hebrew University
  • Dr. Arye Carmon, President, The Israel Democracy Institute
  • Dr. Shlomo Fischer, School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Dr. Thomas P. Gumpel, School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, President, the Shalom Hartman Institute
  • Prof. Gabriel Horenczyk, School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Mr. Ron Kitrey, Principal of Hebrew Reali School, Haifa
  • Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Vice President of Research, The Israel Democracy Institute
  • MK Zevulun Orlev, Chair of the Knesset Committee on the Rights of the Child and member of the Education, Culture, and Sports Committee
  • Rabbi Shay Piron, Researcher, The Israel Democracy Institute; Executive Director, Hakol Chinuch
  • Rabbi Jeremy Stavisky, Principal of Himmelfarb High School, Jerusalem
  • Prof. Yedidia Z. Stern, Vice President of Research, The Israel Democracy Institute
  • Dr. Ricki Tessler, Department of Sociology, Communications and Political Science at the Open University
  • Prof. Anat Zohar, School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Tags:
Citizenship, 
Education