The Educational Kvutza

The Educational Kvutza
Some viewed the kvutza as a kibbutz on a small scale. In the absence of punishments and sanctions the kvutza filled out a normative deciding authority in the individual's role in the kvutza. The kvutza was also a foundation to the children's disengagement from their parents and the adult world in general. The people of the Mossad viewed the kvutza as a crane to empower the child's self confidence and a forum that supports the individual at times of crisis and weakness.
(p. 53-54)The educational kvutza

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The kvutza was the social body that the chanich belonged to from his first year in the Mossad and up to his last year.
The structure of the kvutza in the Mossad was influenced from the intimate kvutza that stood in the base of the youth movement. The first educators in the Mossad brought the idea of the intimate kvutza with them from their experience as madrichim and chanichim in the youth movement, and tried to fit it to the framework of the Mossad. However, in the Mossad as oppose to the youth movement, the children were living with each other twenty four hours a day. The relationship between them and their educator were different than the relationship with the madrich in the movement. The madrich would meet them for short meetings 2-3 times every week whereas the educator would be in contact with them on a constant daily basis.

In the Mossad the kvutza had five main roles:
A. An organized life structure that filled out the main educational functions: studies, work, and social activities.
B. A base to foster the child's independence in the kibbutz.
C. A framework to experience communal life in preparation to being an adult in the kibbutz.
D. A place to educate the individual and shape his personality.
E. A framework that creates a public opinion that claims certain life style, proper social relationship and level of education.

Some viewed the kvutza as a kibbutz on a small scale. In the absence of punishments and sanctions the kvutza filled out a normative deciding authority in the individual's role in the kvutza. The kvutza was also a foundation to the children's disengagement from their parents and the adult world in general. The people of the Mossad viewed the kvutza as a crane to empower the child's self confidence and a forum that supports the individual at times of crisis and weakness.
(p. 53-54)The educational kvutza

µ What is the difference between the kvutza in the Mossad and the kvutza in the ken?
µ What is the added value that the kvutza in the Mossad creates for the chanich?
µ What are the disadvantages in such a group?
µ What are the challenges in belonging to kvutza that has a holistic character?
µ What may be the influence of the Mossad kvutza on the kvutza in the youth movement?