Literature

Information about the literature program can be found in the handbook on the official Ministry of Education Site and the English Portal. To the high school section of the English Portal an ‘Appreciation Of Literature’ tab was added which has many resources and has replaced the TLC site. Last year the handbook was divided into two parts; the Pedagogy section and the Requirements section. The handbooks can be found here.

Last year a platform for PPBL units was available to teachers who would like their classes to prepare work completely digitally. Information regarding this platform is provided during the PPBL course.

This year there were an additional two courses offered for Problem-Based Learning Tasks in English Literature. High School English teachers, who have experience teaching the Literature log, explored the third option for Module F, the Literature Initiative, worth 26% of the final Bagrut grade. The course included one face-to-face session and seven online sessions. Registration for this course will open in August and details will be sent to the English Inspectors.

Problem Based Learning Tasks are defined as Alternative Based Assessment, which encourage a process of active research about issues that are relevant to the students’ world. The central component of problem-based learning is a practical issue that is relevant to the students’ lives, (not a theoretical issue), which the students need to research and study to suggest a solution.

The aims of the course are as follows:

1. become familiar with the theory of Problem-Based Tasks

2. learn the model

3. prepare a problem-based task for the classroom.