SHARED LIFE EDUCATION DATABASE
Children Teaching Children
Age Group: 7th-9th grade.
Annual No. of Participants:
270 Arab students / 270 Jewish students / 9 school pairs.
Region / Location: Central District / Northern District / Wadi Ara.
Duration: 1-2 yrs.
Frequency: 4 sessions per week.
Session Length: 2 hrs.
Organization Staff: 1 Program Director / 2 Coordinators / 18 Facilitators.
Professional staff training: 30 annual hours.
Evaluation: In progress.
Program Description
Schools are matched between neighboring Arab and Jewish communities. Uni-national sessions are held once a week, for two hours, such that approximately 25 uni-national CTC sessions are held each year. After several weeks of uni-national sessions, the participating classes begin a series of approximately three encounters with their parallel class.
Objectives-Students in the program will:
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Participate in positive, personal interaction with "the other" based on well-grounded personal and group identities.
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Develop critical thinking and a more critical perspective of the complex reality within which they live.
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Understand and absorb the principles of tolerance, mutual respect, democracy, and peace.
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Cultivate learning and reflection on the meaning of democracy and shared living between Jews and Arabs in the State of Israel.
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Potential Development - Pending Funding
Expanding to new schools/classes.
Projected Cost: 45,995 per pair.
Budget
Fees: N/A
Ministry of Education / Govt. Allocation: 19%
Philanthropic Contribution: 81% (Foreign)
Total Program Cost: 413,931 NIS
Other: N/A
