The main objective of our project was to bridge the gap between the two distinct mode of understanding the world ("scientific" and "social"), suggesting a way where knowledge is interdisciplinary. We wanted to achieve this by several different routes, such as providing a theoretical background, developing practical pedagogical tools for teachers to use in their cassrooms, offering training opportunities for practicioners and organizing programs to maximize impact. By these we wanted to reach teachers and students as well, shaping their attitudes towards the interdisciplinary approach (which includes demistification of sciences for certain people, and demonstrating the importance of soft skills for others), and supporting the development of key competences, mainly scientific and interpersonal skills, with a focus on creativity. Thinking in the longterm, we hoped that this approach could enhance future development of our educational systems.
The intial idea of the project born through frustration of our current educational system, which separates different elements of our world in different subjects, while we believe that they could and should be reconciled: the "scientific" way of understanding the world (through analysis, experiments, observation, etc.) and the "humanistic" mode (such as experiencing, intuition, feelings and reflection). We believed both these ways are important and valid, but we often saw alienation between representatives of the two different fields (eg. humanistic teachers being "afraid of numbers", while science teachers being "afraid of emotions") - we suggested a way of teaching where noone needs to be afraid of another subject. Also, teachers are nowadays expected prepare students for "the real world", while they are in a system that doesn't reflect the real world with all its complexities. We wanted to help them in a way that is not an extra burden, but something they can build in their existing practice. On the other hand, students need engaing experiences to stay motivated for learning, and by showing connections between different fields, we can help them discover all the wonders of the world, while reflecting on themselves.