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Perceptions of Leadership, Self-Confidence and Leadership Programs among Teenage Girls in Israel
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Perets, Shenhav; Davidovich, Nitza; Lewin, Eyal – Cogent Education, 2023
This article examines the way post-primary school contributes to the extent female teenagers perceive themselves as leaders. Based on 14 in-depth interviews among teenage girls who are attending middle and high schools in the public education system in Israel, it focuses on their personal social experiences and perceptions regarding their school…
Descriptors: Females, Middle School Students, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Are Schools Educating toward Active Citizenship? The Internal School Struggle between Contradictory Citizenship Models
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Wahrman, Hillel; Hartaf, Hagit – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2021
This article investigates the phenomenology of "Social Education Coordinators" in Israeli high schools regarding school's civic education. Twenty-one semi-structured interviews were conducted, followed by a two-stage coding process. The Social Education Coordinators indicate that their schools seem to be unified behind the goal of…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Citizenship Education, Teaching Methods, Informal Education
WhatsApp Is the Message: Out-of-Class Communication, Student-Teacher Relationship, and Classroom Environment
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Hershkovitz, Arnon; Abu Elhija, Mohamed; Zedan, Daher – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2019
Aim/Purpose: To study associations between elementary-, middle- and high-school students' perceptions of classroom environment and student-teacher relationship and their out-of-class communication practices via WhatsApp app. Background: Communication between students and teachers is usually extended beyond the classroom's time and space. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Social Media
"We Don't Need Another Hero:" Heroes and Role Models in Germany and Israel
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Yair, Gad; Girsh, Yaron; Alayan, Samira; Hues, Henning; Or, Elad – Comparative Education Review, 2014
This study provides insights about attitudes toward heroes and role models in Germany and Israel. We expected German and Israeli school textbooks and teachers to provide varying renditions for the traumatic effects of World War II and the Holocaust, and for students to express different attitudes about the role of heroes in their lives. In…
Descriptors: Role Models, Foreign Countries, Textbooks, War
Encouraging Girls into Science and Technology with Feminine Role Model: Does This Work?
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Bamberger, Yael M. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
This study examines the effect of a program that aimed to encourage girls to choose a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career in Israel. The program involved school visits to a high-tech company and meeting with role model female scientists. Sixty ninth-grade female students from a Jewish modern-orthodox single-sex…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Career Choice, STEM Education
Exemplary Teachers' Influence on Their Adolescent Pupils Who Later Became Teachers
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Yariv, Eliezer; Maskit, Ditza – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
There are many possible sources that may influence teachers in the acquisition of professional knowledge and skills throughout their careers. The current study analyzes 26 interviews with Israeli female teachers who reported on exemplary teachers from their past who served as role models regarding class management. Contrary to our initial…
Descriptors: Interviews, Females, Women Faculty, Role Models