The Mofet Institute

National Network
Israel
Address

The Mofet Institute, Shoshana Parsitz 15, Tel Aviv 69378
Tel Aviv
Israel

Telephone
050-887 5552
E-Mail
tak@macam.ac.il
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
2005
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
The founders/directors of the Center for Technology and Multiculturalism are ICT professionals, heads of ICT in their respective colleges.The Center has a Steering Committee and an Advisory Board. The budget is mainly from the Ministry of Education in israel, staff of 16, Budget resources $397,134 Projects: courses, conferences, school projects and classes Partners are the Ministry of Education and the Teacher colleges in Israel
Mission and Objectives

The Center aims to build bridges and cooperation among secular and religious Arabs and Jews in Israel, through effective use of the Internet and other cutting-edge technologies. Most specifically, it seeks to:
* Develop innovative educational models that connect cultures, using advanced technologies and applying these to schools;
* Enable Israeli teachers of diverse cultural backgrounds, to acquire knowledge and experience in using the Internet and other advanced communication technologies as teaching tools, while getting acquainted with each other;
* Develop and integrate on-line teaching units that inculcate acceptance of, and respect for those who are "different", both in teaching colleges and in schools;
* Create an inter-cultural online community comprising the teaching staff of teaching colleges and schools;
* Forge multi-cultural ties among faculty members and students at Israeli teacher education colleges; and among school students;
* Stimulate cooperative ventures in multiculturalism, among colleges and with the Ministry of Education, in Israel, as well as in other countries facing multi-cultural challenges.

Main Projects / Activities

The Center develops contact and collaborative learning within small multicultural groups, progressing gradually from on-line communication--which guarantees equal footing--to face-to-face interaction.
It operates on five levels:
1) Inter-college multi-cultural IT conferences for educators;
2) Joint innovative multi-cultural IT courses for Jewish and Arab student teachers;
3) Joint innovative multi-cultural IT courses for Jewish and Arab in-service teachers;
4) Joint multi-cultural IT courses for students in Jewish and Arab schools; and
5) Teaching units in teaching colleges that contribute to reducing prejudices among future teachers.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Elaine Hoter
Head of the organisation
Dr. Miri Shonfeld