An education initiative in The Upper Galilee region of Israel is bringing a sense of unity and community to a ‘controversial and divided area’. Gracie Lofthouse meets the woman behind itOne of the defining features of Town Square Academia,in the remote Upper Galilee Region, is that it has no exams. All courses are free and there are no podiums for experts to lecture from. The most important thing is that every lesson taught here must be relevant to life external the campus walls.
Founded by Dr Ayelet Shavit and Yael Silver, and the initiative,a series of community courses spanning everything from history of art to eco-feminism, aims to test whether highbrow academia could possess a genuine impact on people’s lives.
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Source: theguardian.com