David Yellin Academic College of Education
Jerusalem Institute for Waldorf Education & Research
Jerusalem, Israel
7 Maagaal Beit Hmidrash
Jerusalem
Contact information:
Naama Ritte-Shapiro
Naamar@dyellin.ac.il
+ 972-2-6587503
Teaching language: Hebrew
Number of students: 190
Study programs: Full-time and part-time programs, 24 months – 4 years
Degrees offered:
• Bachelor of Arts with a teaching diploma (B.Ed.) for teaching in Waldorf elementary schools
• Teaching diploma for teaching in secondary schools (7th to 12th grades) with a Waldorf approach (in collaboration with the Kerem institute, Jerusalem)
Since 1996, the teacher education program at David Yellin College has offered a program that allows those who are looking for a different approach to education to go on a unique journey along the path of an anthroposophically inspired pedagogy. The program combines Waldorf education and academic teacher education, and is intended both for people wishing to become teachers in Waldorf schools and for educators in non-Waldorf settings looking to deepen their approach to education. There are currently 40 Waldorf primary schools, 10 Waldorf high schools, and 150 Waldorf kindergartens in Israel, and the number is growing, creating significant demand for well-educated teachers. An important aim of our program is to maintain a continuous dialog with our colleagues, both within the Teachers College and beyond, in order to address the new challenges of the 21st century. In 2016, we the Jerusalem Institute for Waldorf Education & Research in order to establish a proper platform that will enable us to imagine new forms of Waldorf education that will meet today‘s challenges. The institute allows us to expand our activities and abilities into training and research in the context of both national and international collaboration.
