Exploratory field-school is dedicated to the topic of innovative educational projects in Israel. We will get acquainted with Israeli colleagues, their organizations, we will see examples of alternative approaches to education system: from school without lessons to the concept of the city as an educational space.
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School of Education is a project created by the Universal University, a major Russian university for creative industries. Over the past 16 years, we have paid special attention to researching latest teaching approaches and introducing progressive, evidence-based teaching methods to creative education.
Since its foundation, the University has served as a platform for creating a new educational landscape and rethinking traditional approaches. Our goal is to share the expertise we have accumulated at the Universal University to add to the education of the future.
instructors
Sonya Smyslova
Programme Director and Curator of the School of Education
Renata Gizatulina
Instructional designer, consultant and curator of educational programs
Victoria Elkina
Head of BIOCAD Corporate University
Darya Ilishkina
Postgraduate student at Maastricht University, pedagogical designer, co-author of CRAFT / ED
Anastasia Serazetdinova
Academic Director of Adriatic College in Montenegro
Alexander Grigoriev
Deputy Director for Strategic Planning and Development at "Novaya shkola"
Nargiz Asadova
Member of the management team of the European Gymnasium
Mikhail Sverdlov
Product Development and Digital Transformation Trainer, ex-Director of Development at Skypro
Ekaterina Cherkes-zade
Rector of Universal University
Kseniya Pletner
Business consultant, former Head of Personnel Training, Microsoft Russia
We believe that educators embody life-long learning. Their programmes enhance self-directed learning skills and equip students with the tools to keep learning long after the course ends.
understanding the context and critical thinking
We are certain that education reflects and informs the reality. Therefore, all our educational programmes develop the skills crucial to understand, analyze, and interpret the nuances of the contemporary world and the world of the future.
learner-centered approach
We begin the design of our courses with people in mind. We create organic, learner-centered educational environments and pass this value to our students.
creative thinking
In a world that already has everything but still demands new solutions, the skill to reinvent education is critical. We aim to instill the audacity to rethink the reality in all our students.
learning from the community
We strive to shape our students into the community of fellow-thinkers, the community of people who value one another's contribution to learning and who recognize the importance to maintain this value in their own lives.