Higher Education Learning How to Protect the Environment

Hen Friman, Netser Matsliah, Yafa Sitbon, Ifaa Banner and Yulia Einav
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Hen Friman: Faculty of Engineering, HIT—Holon Institute of Technology, Holon 5810201, Israel
Netser Matsliah: Faculty of Engineering, HIT—Holon Institute of Technology, Holon 5810201, Israel
Yafa Sitbon: Dean of Students Office, HIT—Holon Institute of Technology, Holon 5810201, Israel
Ifaa Banner: Director of “Israeli Hope”, HIT—Holon Institute of Technology, Holon 5810201, Israel
Yulia Einav: Faculty of Engineering, HIT—Holon Institute of Technology, Holon 5810201, Israel

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 20, 1-14

Abstract: “Israeli Hope in Academia” is a program, designed by the president of the state of Israel, Reuven Rivlin. The program is based on the perception that Israeli society is changing, from having a clear majority and several minorities to a society comprised of four principal sectors that are roughly similar in size: secular Jews, religious Jews, Haredi (ultra-orthodox) Jews and Arabs. The program acts to encourage a more diverse and culturally competent higher education system that promotes partnership. One of the means to achieve that goal is to create meaningful educational interactions between people from academia and the younger generation of these sectors. Over the past year, students from various faculties in the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) took part in a course called “Green Ambassadors”, which corresponds with the “Israeli Hope” program. This course was considered an action learning course, which is a course that combines academic learning and social involvement that has an impact on the community. In order to illustrate the environmental topics and to achieve high participation levels of the pupils, the students created a mobile laboratory containing experiments and demonstrations in which the pupils took an active part. Thus, the course managed to make a significant impact on the community and achieve the goals set by the “Israeli Hope” program. This paper presents the “Israeli Hope” program, HIT and the “Green Ambassadors” course, as well as the methodology used to achieve the course’s goals. Finally, this paper will discuss the success levels of the course.

Keywords: environmental education; elementary school; experimental learning; renewable energy; energy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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