היום יותר מ1,200 תלמידים משמונה בתי ספר במזרח ירושלים משתתפים בתוכנית “ילדים עושים פילוסופיה”. מטרת התוכנית היא לפתח מרחב בטוח שבו ילדים יכולים לשאול שאלות על העולם באופן אכפתי, מכבד ומנומק. אנחנו מנסים פרויקט מימון המונים, והמטרה היא לפתח ולהרחיב את התוכנית במזרח ירושלים ובצפון הארץ. קרא עוד (בעברית)
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أكثر من 1,200 طالب وطالبة في ثمان مدارس في شرقي القدس مشتركون في برنامج ” فلسفة للأطفال”. هدف البرنامج هو تطوير مساحة آمنة يستطيع الطلاب من خلالها طرح أسئلة حول العالم بشكل مراعٍ ومقدّرٍ ومُعَلّلٍ. هذه هي المرة الأولى التي نلجأ بها للتمويل الجماعي لهذا البرنامج. وهدفنا في هذه المرحلة هو تطوير وتوسيع نطاق البرنامج في شرقي القدس وشمال البلاد.
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Changing civic society, one conversation at a time.
Globally, civil public discourse today is at an all-time low. Communities are mobilized around perceived threats rather than working together for a better future that instills hope. More than ever before, we need to learn to be discerning in the way we evaluate information and opinion, make sense of our experience, and be proactive as thoughtful members of our communities. This is especially so in the Middle East, where history and politics amplify the current corrosive trends.
We believe education is a strong vehicle to bring about change. It allows us to raise children to see the world – and their future – as full of possibilities informed by human difference, rather than full of dangers, where difference breeds suspicion and fear. It starts with developing our children’s capacity to think together about questions of human flourishing, to function respectfully across differences of worldview, politics, culture and aspiration.
The Israeli Center for Philosophy in Education -“philosophy for life” has been working with schools across educational sectors (Jewish secular, Jewish religious, and Arab schools) for 12 years. This call for funding is to strengthen our work in the Arab sector. This year our program is reaching over 1,200 students in East Jerusalem.
Each week our trained team of facilitators bring our program ‘Philosophy for Children’ (P4C) into classrooms across 8 schools. These schools operate under the Israeli Ministry of Education. P4C creates an environment in which children think with one another in a safe and supportive environment as they make sense of their experience, figure themselves out and develop their ideas and beliefs. They learn to form good questions, ones that can guide them to greater insight, wisdom and judgment. This process empowers students to see how their ideas can shape their classmates’ thinking as they engage in reasoned argument and thoughtful consideration of other points of view.
Why are we asking for your help?
We need to raise $12,000 by the end of July to support our work in the Arab sector. In 2018/2019 we plan to expand our work in East Jerusalem and bring this program to schools in Israel’s North. We are fundraising now to produce curricula materials that are developmentally, culturally and linguistically appropriate for these populations, and to provide ongoing training and mentoring to facilitators. If we raise more than the targeted $12,000, it will enable us to respond to requests from schools to provide school-wide philosophy events and special events for their parents.
For all this we need your help. Please join us to realize this goal.
What will my support provide?
Some representative examples of what your contribution will provide are:
| Item | Total (ave. cost) |
| Development of new educational resources |
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| .. 1 x student booklet + facilitator’s guide (including translation and editing) The donor can dedicate this in someone’s name and their donation publicly recognized |
$3,500 |
| Training and Mentoring | |
| …Professional mentoring and training for one facilitator over one year …The donor can dedicate this in someone’s name and their donation publicly recognized |
$2,400 |
| Student materials for the classroom (printing, art supplies, materials) – average cost | |
| … Educational resources for one Grade level in a school for a year ….The donor can dedicate this in someone’s name and their donation publicly recognized |
$1,200 |
| …1 x Educational resources for one class (36 students) for a year @$8.33 per student..(4 booklets + materials) | $300 |
| …1 x set of booklets for half a class (18 students) @2.50 per booklet | $ 45 |
Participating Schools in East Jerusalem
| El Farooq School for Girls, Jabel Makuba | Shuafat School for Boys ‘B’, Shuafat |
| Essawiya School for Girls, Essawiya | El Sawahra school for Girls ‘A’, Sawahra |
| Shuafat School for Boys ‘A’, Shuafat | El Sawahra school for Girls ‘B’, Sawahra |
| Silwan school for Girls, Ras El-Amud | Ebdah, School of the Arts, Ras El Amud |
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Where can I donate?
Please make your donation online through Jgive
URLs for Jgive:
USD donations: https://www.jgive.com/new/en/usd/donation-targets/4449
Israeli Shekel donations: https://www.jgive.com/new/en/ils/donation-targets/4449
Donations to Jgive are tax deductible in Israel (section 46), the United States (501c3) and Canada.
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The Israeli Center for Philosophy in Education – ‘Philosophy for Life’ is a project of Topaz.
Topaz – Leading Social Innovations was founded in 2000 by a team of Israeli social entrepreneurs as a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, voluntary association. With the aim of contributing to the growth and sustainability of Israeli society, we formulate and nurture innovative and creative social ventures in a supportive environment. Topaz’s mission is to drive large-scale change by identifying, investing in, connecting and supporting social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving some of Israel’s most pressing problems.
About the Israeli Center for Philosophy and Education – ‘Philosophy for Life’
The Israeli Center for Philosophy in Education – ‘Philosophy for Life’ (ICPE) is a project of Topaz – Leading Social Innovations. Topaz was founded in 2000 by a team of Israeli social entrepreneurs as a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, voluntary association. With the aim of contributing to the growth and sustainability of Israeli society, Topaz formulates and nurtures innovative and creative social ventures in a supportive environment. Topaz’s mission is to drive large-scale change by identifying, investing in, connecting and supporting social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving some of Israel’s most pressing problems.
Initiatives of The Center are carried out through strategic partnership, including partnerships with the Karev Program, the Ministry of Education, Hebrew University and Haifa University and schools. The Center offers programs to schools and professional development programs for teachers, social change agents and institutions (schools, non for profit organizations) in such areas as Philosophy for Children, pedagogies of engagement and inquiry based learning.
The signature pedagogy of the Centre is that of developing ‘Communities of Inquiry’ in keeping with the educational movement “Philosophy for Children”. Such communities are marked by pluralism, openness, intellectual rigor, and the creation of safe environments for dialogue. The refrain “Philosophy for Life” carries the Centre’s commitment to linking Inquiry with the question “How ought we live?” and to the practical implications of reflective inquiry for our own lives.
Interests of the Centre that inform its work include: children’s philosophical thinking; critical thinking; democracy education; the promotion of children’s voice in education; multiculturalism; spirituality, religious education and reason; and the development of the whole child. The Israeli Centre for Philosophy in Education contains a research agenda in the areas of Philosophy for Children, justice oriented deliberative democracy (social inquiry, citizenship education), cosmopolitanism, human dignity (identity, pluralism), philosophies of childhood, and the connection between inquiry and particularist traditions (religious education, cultural identities).
Inquiries should be directed to: jen@philosophy4life.org
