TEC International Online Day
29.1.2025

TEC International Online Day

Intercultural Competence in Education

Conference Program 2025

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9:00-9:05
Opening

Greetings from the Founder of NEAR Organization

Arnon DiskinTec4Schools - Reshet Near Pupils' Program
9:05-11:00
Principals, Teachers and Pupils in the TEC4Schools Program Mr. Tsahi Barzilai
Tsahi BarzilaiTec4Schools - Reshet Near Pupils' Program
11:00-11:45
Panel for Principals, Teachers in the TEC4Schools - Reshet Near Program
Ms. Reeva Spiegel
Welcome: Ms. Daniela FriedmanSupervisor of Social Sciences Education- Director of the Department of Civil Education and Shared Life at the Ministry of Education
11:45-12:00
Break
12:00-12:05
Greetings from the Founders of TEC Center

Greetings from the Founders of TEC Center

Prof. Miri Shonfeld
Dr. Asmaa N. Ganayem
Dr. Elaine Hoter
12:05-12:10
International Conference opening
Dr. Manal Yazbak Abu Ahmad
12:10-12:55
Panel: Organizations for Intercultural Competence: IAIE and NAME and KAME
Intercultural Competence around the Globe: IAIE and NAME and KAME Chair: Prof. Miri Shonfeld
IAIE President: Dr. Barry Van Driel
NAME President: Ludwig van Broekhuizen
KAME President: Dr. Chang, Insil, Gyeongin National University of Education
12:55-13:05
Break

TEC4Schools SMKB Virtual World

13:05-13:50
International Panel- Ministry of Education Policies around the World Israel, Korea, U.S.A
Session Chair: Prof Chen Shechter
Israel: Aya Kheredin, Director of the Druze and Circassian department & 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
14:00-14:25
Crafting Intercultural Education from Below: Lessons for the Global North.

Prof. Martha Montero-Sieburth Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts-Boston

Chair: Dr. Charlene Lui, NAME, U.S.A
Prof. Martha Montero-Sieburth
14:25 -15:00
Intercultural Competence of Teachers
Chair: Dr. Mueen Fakhreldeen, Kaye College, Shared Life Forum
Dr. Janan Faraj Falah The Academic Western Galilee College & Haifa University
Dr. Or Margalit-Levinsky College & Shared Life Forum-Mofet
15:00-15:15
Break
15:15-15:45
Connecting Through Music: A LIVE Online Experience
Chair: Dr. Or Margalit
Dr. Amira Erlich Dean of the Faculty of Music Education Levinsky- Wingate Academic College
15:45-16:00
Break
16:00-16:45
Symposium- Think Tank Forum- Mofet

Organizational processes for assimilating multiculturalism

Chair: Dr. Olzan Goldstein, Kaye College
Prof. Leah Kuzminski & Dr. Olzan Goldstein
16:45-17:00
Break
17:00-17:45
Interactive Workshops
Hebrew - Dr. Evanna Ratner- General Inspector of the CinemaPractical models for the intercultural encounter in learning and teaching.
Hebrew - Sharon Shaplan Lazar- General Inspector of Visual ArtsThe healing role of art in times of war and crisis.
English - Dr. Rena Kraut Executive Director, CAYOCrossing the Divide: Using the shared language of music to connect across differences
English - 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), ItalyCooperative Learning Practices of an Educational Community for Intercultural Competence Training
Arabic - Dr. Rawia Borbara- General Inspector of Arabic LanguageLiterature is the Black Box for Intercultural Competence
Arabic - Dr. Bilal Badrarneh- National Instructor for Music in the Arab Society Building bridges between cultures through Music
17:45-18:00
Break
18:00-19:00
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Nanda Renu President Comparative Education Society of India (CESI), India

Beyond Borders: Cultivating Intercultural Competence for a Connected World

Chair: Prof. Zehavit Gross- Dean of Faculty of Education & UNESCO Chair, Bar-Ilan UniversityProf. Renu Nanda
19:00-19:15
Break
19:15-19:45
TEC symposium - Panel for TEC research in an Intercultural environment
Chair: Dr. Revital Liverant CohenTEC Center Symposium
19:45-20:45
The House on Mango Street: from the page to the stage
Dr. Manal Yazbak Abu Ahmad
Ms. Sandra Cisneros, Author
Dr. Derek Bermel, Composer
20:45-21:00
Interactive Summary​
Dr. Manal Yazbak Abu AhmadMr. Howie Gordon- David Yellin, TEC4Schools & TEC Center

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