Project Title: Curriculum Reform for Promoting Civic Education and Democratic Principles in  Israel and in Georgia (CURE)    

Project Number: Project reference Number: 573322-EPP-1-2016-IL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

Coordinating Institution: Gordon Academic College of Education, Haifa, Israel, Dr Rhonda Sofer

Institutional Coordinator at TSU: Department of Education Sciences at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Dr Izabella Petriashvili, Associate Professor  

Project Duration: 36 months, 2016-2019 

Project Partners: Israeli Partners: Gordon Academic College of Education, Sakhnin Academic College, David Yellin Academic College, Academic College of Education Givat Washington, Sapir Academic College, The Heschel Center for Sustainability.

Georgian Partners: Ilia State University, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Samtskhe-Javakheti   State University, Shota Rustaveli   State University (Batumi), Kutaisi University, Civic Development Institute (NGO).

European Partners: University of Education Upper Austria (Austria, Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg (Austria), Canterbury Christ Church University (United Kingdom), Tallinn University (Estonia), Jagiellonian University (Poland), Jaan Tõnissoni Instituut (NGO, Estonia)

CURE is a multi-faceted program for curricular reform that aims to improve the level of curriculum for Civic Education and Principles of Democracy in teacher-training programs in Israel and in Georgia through developing new courses, faculty training workshops, student leadership training, student activities, establishing Civic Education Centers at CUREs Israeli and Georgian universities and colleges.

CURE’s specific objectives are:

1. Developing collaboratively five innovative courses: Global Challenges in the 21st Century in Promoting Active Citizenship and Civic Education; Civic Education for Sustainability; Promoting Active  Citizenship; Civic Education and Democracy in Israel: challenges and pathways; Civic Education and Democracy in Georgia: challenges and pathways.
2. Faculty Training Workshops and mentoring that will empower Israeli and Georgian faculty to promote active citizenship and democracy through providing them with knowledge, tools and pedagogical skills.
3. Providing student leaders with skills through workshops to design and implement civic activities on campus and create civic action clubs or centres at their institutions.
4. Running in-service teacher workshops that provide them with tools to establish civic action clubs at their schools.
5. Establishing a platform for online collaboration (portal): https://cure.erasmus-plus.org.il/

For CURE activities please visit CURE’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864512057094561/

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