In the educational discourse, we witness more than once a great emphasis on the subject of mathematics studies, the exact sciences, programming languages, technology and more.
But naturally there are many male and female students, whose souls desire specifically humanistic studies and for whom the unique IDEA program was formulated.
The Idea program is intended for gifted and outstanding students who show interest and curiosity in the fields of humanities, society and the arts.
The program provides exposure to high-level academic-research activities, to experience the application of research skills, to develop critical thinking, to read and write at a high level, and to understand the complexity of historical-social, political, economic and cultural processes.
So far, the program has been implemented at Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University and now it is expanding to the University of Haifa and will create great accessibility for the residents of the north and the surrounding area.
According to Prof. Gur Elroy, Rector of the University of Haifa: "The University of Haifa is proud to be an academic home for outstanding high school students, the future generation of the leadership avenue of Israeli society. Here with us, at the largest university in Haifa and in the north, the "North Star" of academic excellence, they will be exposed to the importance The greatness of the humanities and the advantages of the humanitarian professions in the formation of values and morals, critical thinking and the ability to deeply understand the world we live in. We see our participation in the IDEA program as a responsibility and duty towards the students and promise them an academic, intellectual and social experience that they will take with them for life."
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The Idea program is one of the programs for gifted and outstanding students, led by the Ministry of Education, the Gifted and Outstanding Division and the Center for Future Scientists of the Maimonides Foundation, for which registration is in progress and will end on 1/21/24.
The programs are intended for male and female students in grades 7-9 and operate in academic institutions across the country.
The programs: Alpha (a program for research in scientific fields), Odyssey (a program for academic studies in the sciences), Idea (a program for research in humanistic fields) and Excellence in Science (a scientific start-up program for excellent female students in the sciences).
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The programs are designed to give gifted and outstanding students significant opportunities to maximize their unique potential through participation in unique, high-quality and leading programs in diverse fields.
The ambition is to create a community of graduates who are experts in various fields, influential and ground-breaking, who will form the elite team of society in Israel and help in dealing with the great challenges of the country and the world.
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One of the program's students is Sagi Feldman, 17 years old (twelfth grade student) from Kiryat-Motzkin, an Idea student at the Hebrew University "I ironically heard about the Idea program during an exposure meeting of the Alpha program" he says "I always wanted to engage in the humanities, so that I felt that this program really spoke to me."
Feldman's curiosity gave rise to a fascinating research work within the program about the phenomenon of the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel at the dawn of their time, in the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The work even connected with Feldman's personal interest in researching family history (Genealogy). "In the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, there was a very diverse phenomenon of older men and women who immigrated to Israel with the goal of living there until their death.
This phenomenon had mainly religious motives, and mainly the virtue of burial in Israel and the desire to live, even for a short time, in the Holy Land, but it also had Zionist motives and many of the older immigrants were wealthy who contributed a lot to the Zionist enterprise," he says.
In what way do you feel that the program contributed to you personally Or academically?
"The program provided me with a place where I could express my interest in the humanities.
We have a certain family story related to the research topic, so I was interested in dealing with the topic on a personal level.
As part of my studies in the program, I acquired skills in conducting academic research, various academic skills, and I also met diverse youth from all over the country who share the passion to study and conduct research in the field of spirituality and society.
In addition to all these, the program contributed a lot to me at the academic level as well, the research work was expressed in 5 study units for matriculation in history and in addition I received 2 academic credits."
Which students would you recommend to apply for the program?
"For people who like to study, and are intrigued to be exposed to more content in the fields of humanities and social sciences , beyond what is given to them in the formal education system."
Ella Steinberger (20), a graduate of the second cycle of Idea at Tel Aviv University and currently a first-year film student at Tel Aviv University. Ella's research work in the program dealt with the representation of women and femininity from Greek mythology in cinematic fantasy films - That is, examining the representation of a number of female characters in the original mythological stories compared to their representation in cinema. "The purpose of the research was first to understand how women were seen in the days of ancient Greece, and from the movies made about those stories, to understand how we present the same female images from mythology today.
I also examined what can be learned from this both about how we maintain (or do not maintain) loyalty to history and how modern society sees women."
What tools did the program give you for your feelings?
"The program introduced and made the academic world accessible to me.
Each student at Idea has a personal tutor who assists him in the process of writing the paper.
With the help of the program team and the facilitator, I learned important tools such as how to find information, how to write and how to analyze texts and films professionally.
These tools help me today as an undergraduate student."
Registration for the programs will end on 1/21/24.
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