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Kaye College of Education in Beersheva

Kaye Academic College of Education is a leading institution of higher education in Southern Israel
for teacher education and the professional development of educators, kindergarten, elementary and
high school teachers. Courses at the college address the entire spectrum of the teacher’s career,
from the training stage, to initiation as a teacher, to ongoing professional development of teachers
on both individual and organizational levels. The college is a vital center of learning, research and
pedagogical innovation.
The College believes that education is a social mission and that teachers are educators who can
deal with central societal issues and lead processes toward limiting social gaps and advancing
tolerance in a democratic, multicultural community.
Kaye College strives to impart its students with progressive, broad academic knowledge, practical
experience and tools and skills to integrate into the dynamic educational system in Israel in the best
possible way.
There are three schools at the college: the School for Teacher Education, offering a B.Ed. degree
and teaching certificate, the School of Advanced Studies, offering an M.Ed. degree, and the School
of Professional Development for teachers in the Southern region. At the college are also students in
the pre-academic preparatory program.
More than 5,000 students study at the college every year in the various frameworks. The college
serves two sectors of the population of the South and the Negev: the Jewish and the Bedouin
sectors. Studies take place in both Hebrew and Arabic.
Kaye College places high importance on diversity, multiculturalism and internationalization of its
curricula, and promotes collaborations of various types, which include exchange of knowledge, joint
research, consultations and publications.
As an academic institution that enhances research-based teacher education, Kaye College has
been involved in several collaborative projects funded by the European Union, including: Tempus
DOIT (on multiculturalism), Tempus IRIS (on Internationalization of higher education) Erasmus+ In2It
(on developing and applying internationalization processes in higher education using new
technologies), and Erasmus+ Proteach (on developing innovative environments that embrace
novice teachers). Currently the college is involved in proposing two new projects to the European
Union.

Some of the College's special initiatives:

Matal: [www.kaye7.org.il] is a free, online pedagogical center based in the Matal Pedagogical
Library in Kaye College. This internet site consists of over 400 topics (in Hebrew and Arabic) which
cover all the major subjects taught in schools.

Shvilim ("Trails"): is a program which teaches democratic principles and environmental studies.
The Shvilim program trains aspiring educators to become agents of change within the education
system of the south of Israel. It assumes that the world-wide environmental crisis is not one of
nature, but of society, and that its source is not in the relationship between man and nature, but in
relationships among human beings. As such, Shvilim suggests an educational perspective that
brings together students from a variety of backgrounds and ethnicities and enables them to create
innovative possibilities for Jewish and Arab society in the Negev.

Netivim ("Paths"): is intended for young Bedouin students (ages 18-24) who wish to be
environmental leaders, teachers of geography and promoters of educational initiatives in informal

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