"Adapting Studies to the 21st Century": The New Outline for Middle School Mathematics

The director general of the Ministry of Education explained that the purpose of the emerging program would be to match the students' abilities to the PIZA test.

Change is expected to include complex problem-solving skills and critical and creative thinking.

"Want to prepare them for the new world of work"

Uri Sela

23/06/2022

Thursday, 23 June 2022, 17:47 Updated: 20:35

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The Ministry of Education is building a new program for mathematics studies in

middle schools, the director general of the ministry, Dalit Stauber, announced yesterday (Wednesday) at the Eli Horowitz Conference on Economics and Society.

Education Discussions on the Details of the Program So far, the middle school curriculum has dealt with building technique and abstract thinking. Critical and creative thinking and the development of analytical skills and abilities.These are also skills that are measured in the PISA test.

"Adjustments are being made so that students can pass the PISA tests," Stauber (Photo: Reuven Castro)

"We are making adjustments in the curricula so that our students can pass the PISA tests," the ministry's director general said.

"Success in these tests is not a luxury, it is an expression of the required skills. We are making a change in the middle school mathematics curriculum with the intention of adapting the curriculum to the required skills."

Stauber also mentioned other programs that the ministry promotes as part of the attempt to update the curriculum, including the integration of high-tech skills in kindergartens and eighth grades, studies on the climate crisis from kindergarten to twelfth grade and English studies in kindergartens and first and second grades. Lith, are designed to "increase our students' speaking abilities and expose children to English from kindergarten through play."

Stauber also mentioned the reform to reduce the number of matriculations, which will take effect at the beginning of the next school year.

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