ELAICH to launch cultural heritage and historic preservation workshop for educators in Israel

ELAICH will hold a workshop this month in Israel to provide local educators with the tools needed to teach 9th through 12 graders about the importance of cultural heritage and preservation of historic sites.

To be held on January 29th at the Hebrew Reali School, Carmel Center Campus in Haifa, the workshop will feature the work already undertaken over the past two years by ELAICH, a project supported by the European Union’s Euromed Heritage 4 program.

To date, ELIACH has been piloted in Israel, Turkey, Greece, Malta and Jordan, where groups of teenagers have learnt about the factors that shape or destroys physical heritage. The students have also grasped an understanding of the techniques that can help save history for future generations to enjoy.

This past summer, Israel’s Education Ministry said that it was already exploring the opportunity to make conservation and renovation of heritage sites part of the national curriculum.

ELAICH, which was initiated by professors at Haifa’s Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, provides a comprehensive program in cultural heritage and preservation, as well as an online tool kit so that educators can continue to update their skills as they teach.