13.09.2021 History

Between Us and Him – The Pedagogy of Janusz Korczak

שני ימי למידה לאנשי חינוך והוראה שיעסקו ברעיונותיו הפדגוגיים והחינוכיים של יאנוש קורצ'אק, על רקע חייו ופועלו בפולין של ראשית המאה ה-20

Between Us and Him – The Pedagogy of Janusz Korczak

Between Us and Him – encountering the humanist educator Janusz Korczak and his achievements in early 20th century Poland.

These will be two days of educational workshops aimed at teachers marking 80 years to his murder in Treblinka.

The two-days workshop will be held with the cooperation of the Korczak Educational Institute of Israel and the Mordekhai Anielewicz Heritage House.

The topics will include the relevance of the ideas coined by Korczak to our own times and how his short fiction can best be introduced to children and teenagers in Israel.

The workshops will be held online via Zoom

 

Part 1 October 13 2021 between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

  • The legacy of Korczak and its relevance in our own times
  • Korczak and his conflict of identity, Jewish and Polish?
  • Israel reads Korczak – the short fiction of Korczak introduced to Israeli teens                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Zoom for the meeting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

     

     

Part 2 October 14 2021 betweeb 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Reading the works of Korczak

Israel reads Korczak – the short fiction of Korczak introduced to Israeli teens

Quoting an educator – discussing the relevance of Korczak to our own times

Zoom for the meeting 

 

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