29.1.2025
TEC International Online Day
Intercultural Competence in Education
Conference Program 2025
Between the hours: 9:00-21:00 GMT(+2)
Howie Gordon and Kifah Naama
Tec4Schools - Reshet Near Pupils' ProgramChair: Tsahi Barzilai
Welcome: Ms. Daniela Friedman - Supervisor of Social Sciences Education- Director of the Department of Civil Education and Shared Life at the Ministry of Education
Prof. Miri Shonfeld
Dr. Asmaa N. Ganayem
Dr. Elaine Hoter
Prof. Chen Schechter- Head of Mofet Institute
Dr. Manal Yazbak Abu Ahmad
Chair: Prof. Miri Shonfeld
Intercultural Competence around the GlobeIAIE President: Dr. Barry Van Driel
NAME President: Ludwig van Broekhuizen
KAME President: Dr. Chang, Insil and Dr. Kim, Bo La ( KAME) Gyeongin National University of Education
13:05-13:50
International Panel- Ministry of Education Policies around the World Israel, U.S.A and Georgia
Session Chair: Prof Chen Shechter
Ministry of Education Policies around the WorldIsrael: Aya Kheredin, Director of the Druze and Circassian Department
Israel: Michal Da Han, Vice Head of the State Religious Education Directorate
U.S.A.: Ms. Kate Weckesser English, Executive Director, EIHR, The Educators’ Institute for Human Rights
Georgia: Dr. Natia Natsvlishvili, Associate Professor of Caucasus University
13:50-14:00
Break
Chair: Dr. Charlene Lui, NAME, U.S.A
Prof. Martha Montero-Sieburth Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Crafting Intercultural Education from Below: Lessons for the Global NorthChair: Dr. Mueen Fakhreldeen, Kaye College, Shared Life Forum
Intercultural Competence of TeachersDr. Janan Faraj Falah The Academic Western Galilee College & Haifa University
Dr. Or Margalit-Levinsky College & Shared Life Forum-Mofet
Dr. Noa Shapira, Head of the Department of Education and Community, Kinneret Academic College
Chair: Dr. Or Margalit
Dr. Amira Erlich Dean of the Faculty of Music Education Levinsky, Wingate Academic College
Connecting Through Music: A LIVE Online ExperienceOrganizational processes for assimilating multiculturalism
Chair: Dr. Olzan Goldstein and Prof. Leah Kozminsky, Kaye College
TEC Symposium Proposal- Organizational processes for assimilating multiculturalismProf. Lea Kozminsky - Cultural humility in the context of teacher training
Prof. Miri Shonfeld and Dr. Wafa Zidan - Organizational processes in the establishment and development of the TEC Center
Dr. Hadas Sheli-Huber - Developing a dialogic process in a multicultural community at Gordon Academic College
Dr. Ifat Linder - A model of the Tel-Hai Academic College for developing cultural competence through simulation
Dr. Nareman Marae Haj - Promoting multiculturalism at the Arab Academic College of Education in Haifa
Hebrew - Dr. Evanna Ratner, General Inspector of the Cinema
Practical models for the intercultural encounter in learning and teaching.Hebrew -Dr. Sharon Shaplan Lazar- General Inspector of Visual Arts
The healing role of art in times of war and crisis.English - Dr. Rena Kraut, Executive Director, CAYO
Crossing the Divide: Using the shared language of music to connect across differencesEnglish - Dr. Mattia Baiutti, Fondazione Intercultura ets (ITALY)
How Can We Assess Pupils' Intercultural Competence? A Proposal from the Pupil Mobility Field?English - Prof. Vincenzo Salerno, Salesian University Institute of Venice (IUSVE), Italy
Cooperative Learning Practices of an Educational Community for Intercultural Competence TrainingKeynote: Prof. Nanda Renu President Comparative Education Society of India (CESI)
Cultivating Intercultural Competence for a Connected WorldChair: Dr. Revital Liverant Cohen
TEC Center SymposiumSession Chair: Dr. Manal Yazbak Abu Ahmad
Ms. Sandra Cisneros, Author
Dr. Derek Bermel, Composer
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