SHARED LIFE EDUCATION DATABASE
Shared Citizenship – The Art of Kulanana
Merchavim-Institute for the Advancement of Shared Citizenship in Israel
Age Group: Art/Homeroom teachers, grades 4-5
Annual No. of Participants:
500 Arab students & teachers / 1,000 Jewish students & teachers.
Region / Location: Nationwide.
Duration: Teachers' Course-1 school year / School Project-2 school years.
Frequency: 1 session per week.
Session Length: Teacher's Course, 30-60 annual hours / School Project, weekly art classes, 2 museum visits, 4 school exchange visits.
Organization Staff: 3 Coordinators / 1 Supervisor / 1 Director of Ed. Programming.
Professional staff training: 20 annual hrs.
Evaluation: N/A
Contact: Ronit Rubanenko
Director of Educational Programming
Email: ronit@merchavim.net
+972 050 584 0985
Program Description
Art / Homeroom teachers from Arab/Jewish schools, use a focused art class curriculum developed during a Merchavim course, to explore "citizenship, diversity and fairness", with their students during weekly art lessons. The program also includes creative encounters between diverse groups of pupils, joint museum tours, and collaborative art projects.
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Polarization in Israel’s diverse society is exacerbated by the separation between school streams, and this separation plays a major role in limiting opportunities for meaningful interaction between children from different groups in society (Jews/Arabs, new immigrants/natives, etc.). The initiative bridges the separation through an innovative primary school art project facilitated in cooperation with Israeli Ministry of Education - through creative art activities children learn about the ‘other' and about themselves.
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Potential Development - Pending Funding
Expanding to other areas of art, such as music, dance, and theater.
Projected Cost: 300,000 NIS
Philanthropic Contribution: N/A
Ministry of Education / Govt. Allocation: 50%
Fees: N/A
Budget
Total Program Cost: 600,000 NIS
