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  • Civic Education and Democracy in Israel challenges and pathways


    • Goals:

      1. Introduce the global challenge of Civic Education and Democracy and the measures taken to resolve them

      2. Recognize the goals of sustainable development in the context of Israel

      3.  Analyze the activities conducted to develop Civic Education and Democracy and evaluate effectiveness of the best practices

      4. Recognize professional and personal role in public awareness of civic education and formation of democratic values

      5. Developing teachers' skills and experiences in conducting knowledge-based dilemma discussions regarding political controversial issues.

      6 Ability to conduct planning of civic activities, implementation and evaluation of results within the scope of the civic education and democracy


◄Introduction to the courseUnit 2. Human rights, their protection mechanism and the establishment of civil society►

Unit 1: Trends in the development of democracy and civic society

  • Unit 1: Trends in the development of democracy and civic society


     WEEK 1

    UNIT 1: THEORY OF DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY

    TOPIC  1: State  and society;  Natural rights,   the public contract; People's sovereignty; Principles of separation of powers.

    Rationale and Objectives

    This topic in a theoretical introduction to the origin and principles of the state,  and principles of organizing democratic governments.

    Learning Outcomes

    Students:

    are able to describe different kinds of states and their organizational structure.

    - are  able to describe the characteristics of the various formats of the state and its social and political functions.

    - are able to discuss  the international and national documents in the field of principles of separation of powers.

    -are  able to list the  rights, obligations and responsibilities of people's sovereignty in democratic societies.


    Compulsory Literature

    1. Donald Peretz & Gideon Doron (2018), "How the government works"? The government and Politics In Israel Routledge, N.Y. E-Book pp.

    2.  Yoav Peled ( 2005) Development of civil society in Israel  Palestine Israel Journal

    Supporting Literature

     Fred A. Lazin Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Volume 3, 1997 - Issue 4 Published Online: 24 Dec 2007 .

    Week 2

    TOPIC  2: Political regimes and citizenship.

    Rationale  and Objectives:

    This topic presents the characteristics of different political regimes (democratic, authoritarian and totalitarian) and the human civil action in terms of characteristics and their functioning (governance, economy, litigation, culture) and scopes of authority and power (the balance of individual freedom and social order).

    Students reflect upon  different perspectives of human rights in the world and in Israel.

    Learning Outcomes

    - Students are able to explain the basic characteristics of political regimes and describe the scope of the civil capacity of the human / community (assumptions and restrictions)

    - Students are  able to list the rights, obligations and responsibilities of an Israeli Citizen.

    Compulsory Literature :

    1. Gavison, Ruth (1985). "The Controversy over Israel's Bill of Rights". Israel Yearbook of Human Rights. 15: 113–154.

    2. different political regimes: GOVERNMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST           :http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/war-iraq/lesson_helper/pdfs/mideastgovernments.pdf

    3. Holger Albrecht, Oliver Schlumberger (2004)

    “Waiting for Godot”: Regime Change Without Democratization in the Middle East

    http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0192512104045085




    ◄Introduction to the courseUnit 2. Human rights, their protection mechanism and the establishment of civil society►