Kaye College: Facing the Community 2011 C ontents 1 From the President 22 Facing the Community, Dr. Haya Kaplan 2 Greetings to Prof. Lea Kozminsky: 23 Students Volunteering in the Community, Rivka Ben Ya’acov, Head, Board of Governors, Kaye College Dr. Rina Shtilman Gila Nagar, Deputy Director General, Teaching Personnel 24 Drama as a Bridge to Conflict Resolution, Training and Professional Development Administration Faheema Alatawna Noach Greenfeld, Director, Education Department, 25 The Center for Enhancing Social Justice in Education and In Appreciation of our Supporters Ministry of Education Society: The UNESCO Chair at Kaye, Prof. Shlomo Back Our sincere thanks and appreciation for their support and generosity 3 Amira Chaim, Head, Southern Region, Ministry of 26 The School for Professional Development, Yael Sharabi are extended to the following: Education 28 Kaye College Welcomes Colleagues from the Academy of Ruvik Danilovich, Mayor of Beer-Sheva Municipality Special Education in Warsaw - Reflections of the Visit to Mr. Geoffrey Kaye and Family & Dr. Heftsi Zohar, Vice Mayor in Charge of Education Kaye College, Prof. Jan Łaszczyk, Prof. Edyta Gruszczyk- Ministry of Education Daniel Bar Eli, Secretary General, Israel Commission for Kolczynska, Dr. Marta Kotarba-Kanczugowska Ministry of Public Security UNESCO, Ministry of Education 31 Promoting Collaboration with York St. John University, UJIA 4 Dr. Michal Golan, Head, MOFET Institute, School of UK, Dr. Riva Levenchuk UJA Professional Development for Teacher Educators 32 From Texas to the Negev - The Visit of Prof. Rosalind The Pears Foundation 5 Prof. Jan Łaszczyk, Rector, Prof. Edyta Gruszczyk- Horowitz to the College, Sobell Foundation Kolczynska, Chairperson of the Institute for Human Prof. Rosalind Horowitz, Dr. Esther Cohen, Dr. Nurit Nathan Ted Arison Foundation Development, Support and Education, The Maria 34 Visit of Gary Jacobs to Kaye College, Ruth Ophir Bernard van Leer Foundation Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, Warsaw High Tech High Study Days at Kaye College, The Yad Hanadiv Foundation 5 Hilary Olsin-Windecker, Counselor for Press and Cultural 35 Dr. Mark Applebaum South African Zionist Federation in Israel Affairs, American Embassy 36 Impressions from the Visit to High Tech High in San JOINT Muhammad Alatamin, Inspector in the Bedouin Sector, Diego, USA, Ibrahim Elbadour Sacta-Rashi Foundation Southern Region, Ministry of Education 37 The Involvement of Kaye College of Education in the Public Affairs Office, Embassy of the USA 6 Dr. Muhammad Alanbari, Mayor, Hura Council and Yousef Negev, Riki Borochovsky Hadad Garry & Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Foundation Alatawna, Director, Education Department, Hura Council 39 The Success Center, Ilana Lugassy JITLI Dr. Orna Schatz-Oppenheimer,Representative, Ministry 40 The School for Visual Arts: Facing the Community, National Lottery - Mifal Hapayis of Education, Department of Teacher Education and Riki Borochovsky Hadad & Margalit Shelly The Beer-Sheva Foundation Professional Development, Section of Teacher Education 41 Life Long Learning at the School for Senior Citizens, Mr. Leslie & Ms. Moozie Wolff Hanna Blau Mr.Malcolm & Ms. Paula Bowman 7 A Community Venture for Beer-Sheva and the Region 42 Cricket Happening at Kaye College, Orit Vazana Fredi Rose, of blessed memory 8 Community Library at Kaye Academic College of 43 The Center for Parenthood and Family: From Selfhood to Ms. Leni Ehrenberg Education, Ruvik Danilovich, Mayor of Beer-Sheva Strength, Nurit Cohavi The Rich Foundation 9 National Conference: Education in a Multi-Cultural 44 Eulogy for the late Polly Eisenberg, Rananah Gold Israel Commission for UNESCO, Ministry of Education Society, Miriam Schildkraut 45 Congratulations: The Joseph S. and Caroline Gruss Life Monument Fund 10 Our First M.Ed. Students Receive their Diplomas, Mazal Tov to the Pears & Kaye families Ministry for Senior Citizens Dr.Judith Barak, 46 New Positions at the College The Guidance Division for Discharged Soldiers 11 The Advancement of the College as a Learning Retirement The Society of Advancement of Education Produced by Organization, Dr. Amnon Glassner 47 New Publications SHEFI, Ministry of Education the Foreign Affairs 13 Military Retirees Consider Teaching as a Second Career, New Magazine ”Voices”, edited by Prof. Anat Keinan and The Anti Drug Authority Department Dr. Ruth Mansur Dr. Erga Heller The Anti Violence Organization 14 The Physical Education Department in Kaye College- 48 Prof. Lea Kozminsky, invited keynote speaker at the ATEE Perach Dr. Riva Levenchuk, Teacher Education in the Modern Age, Hanna Nagar International Conference Ruth and Eliezer Abrams Foundation Head of Foreign Affairs 15 The Teacher Education Department for Elementary Prof. Arnon Edelstein assumes Professorship ISTA Department Schools in the Bedouin Sector, Dr. Saleem Abu Jaber, Inna Oknin invited by the USA Embassy to a six week Start Up Dr. Rafi Davidson, Dr. Salim Alatawna seminar in the USA Daroma Idan Hanegev 17 CETI, The Center for Educational Technology, Editor: Dr. Riva Levenchuk Dr. Rafi Davidson Co-editor: Ruth Ophir 19 Developing the Culture of Evaluation , Dr. Judith Zamir . Photos: Yoram Peretz 20 The Research Department, Dr. Etty Cohen Translations: Dr. Moshe Gresser 21 Kaye Online Pedagogical Center (MATAL), Secretary: Tal Nativ Dr. Annette Kahan 2 2 F rom the President The current issue of our magazine is devoted to the programs and activities that connect us with the context in which we work. Our mission is to foster the professional education and lifelong learning of teachers. By doing so, we open up educational horizons in our region. We emphasize relevancy in our academic programs, research activities and educational initiatives that we have developed and implemented in the Negev. Our students are Jews and Bedouins, new immigrants and native Israelis, who come from a wide geographical area: cities, towns, villages and kibbutzim. Upon completing their education at Kaye College, they return to their communities to create culturally relevant teaching frameworks. The pedagogies used at the college empower our students intellectually, emotionally and socially, and support them in the process of becoming educational leaders in their communities. The variety of programs described in the current issue of our magazine emphasize just that: relevant education for all cultures. The magazine describes the programs which integrate the expertise of the college with the needs of the various communities in and around Beer-Sheva. The experience and professional development of the staff and student body is reflected in in-service courses, study days and collaboration with academic institutions worldwide. This year we have also initiated a new teacher education program geared to veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces. These are men and women who live in the Negev and are willing to share their enthusiasm and knowledge to benefit education in the region. Certainly their relative maturity (They are older than the mean age of our regular students) colors our campus. One of the highlights of this year was the national conference we hosted: Education in a Multicultural Society. Two goals were set for this conference: (1) To construct and disseminate a body of knowledge that focuses on multiculturalism in educational and scientific communities in Israel and around the world. (2) To create a dialogue, reciprocal relations and partnerships between researchers and institutions that work in the areas of multiculturalism in its various forms. Fifteen parallel sessions and over a hundred presentations brought state of the art research to this conference. We thank UNESCO and the MOFET Institute for their contribution to the success of this conference. I thank all the faculty, staff and students who are so resourceful and devote their ingenuity to make us relevant to our community. Special thanks to Dr. Riva Levenchuk, the Head of our Foreign Affairs Department and to Ms.Ruth Ophir, the co-editor, for their professional editing of our magazine. With best wishes, Prof.Lea Kozminsky 1 reetings to Prof. Lea Kozminsky President, Kaye Academic College of Education GDear Lea, On behalf of all the members of the Board of Governors of Kaye College, please accept our congratulations on your receiving tenure in your position as President of the College. We are aware of the complexity of the role of the College President, which on the one hand, involves training educational professionals for academic degrees in such a way that they will succeed in their work as educators and contribute to the advancement of the educational system in the Negev, and on the other hand, cultivating the academic level of the institution, both with regard to the academic advancement of the faculty and in the implementation and the publication of research and scholarly books. From the first year of your work, we have already learned that your contributions in the above-mentioned areas are great. We wish you continued success in your activities and work! With our devoted congratulations, Rivka Ben Ya’acov, Chair, Board of Governors, Kaye College To Prof. Lea Kozminsky, Upon your appointment to the Presidency of the Kaye Academic College of Education, Beer Sheva: A wreath of blessings and heartfelt good wishes. Your many years of work in teacher training, in wide- ranging research in matters of educational training, so too your many roles in the College and outside of it, have earned you a reputation for expertise and ground-breaking