DIGITALDEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE CITIZENSHIP OF THE INDIVIDUAL ONLINE
1 H.I.T - Holon Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering (ISRAEL)
2 H.I.T - Holon Institute of Technology, Dean of Students Office (ISRAEL)
3 H.I.T - Holon Institute of Technology, Director of "Israeli Hope" (ISRAEL)
4 H.I.T - Holon Institute of Technology, Dean of Students (ISRAEL)
5 H.I.T - Holon Institute of Technology, Head of the Multidisciplinary Studies Department (ISRAEL)
2 H.I.T - Holon Institute of Technology, Dean of Students Office (ISRAEL)
3 H.I.T - Holon Institute of Technology, Director of "Israeli Hope" (ISRAEL)
4 H.I.T - Holon Institute of Technology, Dean of Students (ISRAEL)
5 H.I.T - Holon Institute of Technology, Head of the Multidisciplinary Studies Department (ISRAEL)
About this paper:
Appears in: ICERI2021 Proceedings
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 512-517
ISBN: 978-84-09-34549-6
ISSN: 2340-1095
doi: 10.21125/iceri.2021.0181
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 512-517
ISBN: 978-84-09-34549-6
ISSN: 2340-1095
doi: 10.21125/iceri.2021.0181
Conference name: 14th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Dates: 8-9 November, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Dates: 8-9 November, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
A course entitled Green Ambassadors in the Community has been offered by HIT Holon Institute of Technology since 2017. Initially, the course took place at the Revivim elementary school in Holon, a secular school. In Ramla in 2018, the school operated in Al-Omaria Arab School. Israel's school of the national religion, Yushurun, has been holding the course in Holon, where it conducts its religious courses, and in the Arab religious school Neve Shalom in Lod. The course operates on gender segregation in the Ultra-orthodox (Haredi) schools - the boys' school "Bnei Menachem" and the girls' school "Bnot Menachem" in Holon. As a result of logistical limitations of time and transportation, the course was held in schools in Holon, Lod, and Ramla in past years. Academic institutions are located in cities that are physically nearby. The course involves students from Holon Institute of Technology, from various faculties, visiting elementary schools and using workshops and experiential teaching methods to prepare students to become "Green Ambassadors" in their communities. The course lecturers for the 2020-2021 academic year faced a challenge, how to hold a course from a social and community-oriented standpoint when sacrifice is impossible.It was decided to conduct the course online remotely via Zoom using the initiative taken. Ben-Atar and Yizhak Sadeh are religious schools and public schools in Dimona, respectively. Schoolchildren receiving pre-trial kits are participating in real-time experiments alongside their teachers.
Dimona, a southern Israeli city in the Negev, has a low socioeconomic status. We had 188 participants from nine groups of third, fourth, and fifth graders attending this course.
There was excellent collaboration between the students (30 from various faculties and departments in HIT) and the HIT staff as well as the pupils and the school staff. According to the analysis of the feedback results, it seems the students enjoyed their sessions with the students and learned a lot from them. In their own words, they noted that there was a great deal of commitment to the whole process. In seemingly difficult times, we should remember that change begins with children and that we must put great effort into developing sustainable citizenship in individuals and maintaining the environment.