Prof. Elite Olshtain and Dr. Baha'a Mahool were awarded a three-year research grant by the Ministry of Education on Teaching and Learning Arabic in Middle School to an Arabic population. Click here to read more
News
The Ministry of Education Grant was awarded to Prof. Olshtain and to Dr. Mahool
New appointee for Administrative Director of the Institute
Michal Goldberg has been appointed the new Administrative Director of the Institute. We wish her much success as she begins work in the new position.
Registration for next year's class at the Multicultural Preschool at the Institute
We are opening registration for the 2017-2018 year in the Institute’s multi cultural preschool. For additional information, click here.
The Ministry of Education Grant was awarded to Dr. Sever and Ms. Van Kaufman
Dr. Rita Sever and Rachel van Kaufman were awarded a two-year grant by the Ministry of Education on Drop outs repeating a class in the religious educational institutions. Click here to read more
HIPPY International Program Reaches China and Korea
A first at the Institute as well as for the University, a contract has been signed with China and with Korea. With the signing of these contracts, HIPPY International has expanded to 14 countries in five continents.
Spotlight on
Researches
Femicide Across Europe: COST ACTION IS 1206 – Dr. Weil will establish the first pan-European coalition on femicide with researchers who are already studying the phenomenon nationally, in order to advance research clarity, agree on definitions, improve the efficacy of policies for femicide prevention, and publish guidelines for the use of national policy-makers.
Educational Programs
Training courses in the “Birth to University Unit: Early Childhood Programs”, Dr. Ayelet Giladi, Director
The unit has been running a professional training course for ultra-orthodox and Bedouin women. The goal is to instruct them to become aides or caregivers for early childhood centers. These courses were established to address the needs in these communities and were adapted to the characteristics of the target group. The courses are financed by The Hadassah foundation and the NCJW.
Publications
Academic vocabulary of Arab students: Quality and quantity (Dr. Baha Mahoul and Prof. Elite Olshtain).
This publication is the outcome of research that maps out the academic vocabulary the way it is expressed in the Arab middle school text books in Israel and as a function of social belonging (general Arabic, Bedouin, Druze)and gender. The findings show the need for straight forward academic vocabulary instruction in order to be able to deal with texts that show the gap in Arab society between boys and girls.