In recent years, education systems are increasingly becoming aware that due to accelerated change processes in society, focus should be given to developing skills for professional flexibility, when it is impossible to predict which occupations would emerge or disappear in the future. These skills are commonly known as 21st-century skills. In Israel, this issue has become, in the current school year, a major target as part of the Education Ministry’s “2030 Graduate Model”, with emphasis on critical and creative thinking.
The research was conducted using qualitative methods, including a review of educational literature – with emphasis on thinking development, art as a tool of thinking development, and skill transfer approaches such as interviews, observations and prototyping.
The findings indicate that art teaching is an effective way of achieving the target, through its integration in the lesson plans of the various subjects taught in school, an approach that has been acknowledged by the Israeli Ministry of Education.
Yoram has been a diplomat at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1992. Many of his various positions dealt with cultural and public diplomacy, among other things as Cultural Attaché for North America and Head of the Media and PR for Cultural Affairs Unit at the Foreign Ministry. Yoram has a BA in psychology and cinema and an MA in the Interdisciplinary Program in Art, both from Tel Aviv University. Starting October 2024, Yoram will serve as Israel's Cultural Attaché in the UK.