Middle East Children Association

Groups

       Educators Coping With Violence and Hate: creating experiences of trust and understanding between the two sides.

       Oral-History: Documenting a shared oral history based on the dual narratives of Israelis and Palestinians.

    Human Rights Education: Assimilating the "discourse of rights" into the daily educational work.

   “His-Story”– Exploring the common and different aspects of the Palestinian and Israeli historical discourse, and their role within the educational framework.

       Preschool Education (two groups): Fostering tolerance, respect, and understanding among young children.

       Mathematics: Comparing experiences and developing tools for teaching scientific method and thoughts.

        Conflict Resolution and Coping with Violence: Methods to cope with school-based conflicts in a region where violent conflict is a daily reality.

       Music and Arts: Exploring methods of using music and other artistic means as vehicles for self expression and learning about differences between Palestinian and Israeli students.

       Cultural Exchange: Focusing on the shared landscape and respect for tradition to promote environmental and cross-cultural awareness.

        Teaching Hebrew and Arabic as a Second Language: Using language education to promote bilingualism in the region, and to overcome prejudice.

       Civics Education: Creating a sense of confidence in self and national identity on each side and learning to accept the other side's Identity.

        English as a foreign language: Developing methodologies for introducing concepts of tolerance and acceptance into English lessons.

       Principals' Work-Group: School principals share experiences and challenges and explore together how to make their schools more accepting of learning about the other side.

       Additionally, MECA has one group of high school students from whom we hope to continuously learn about their needs and our responses to them.