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Cohen, Erik H. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
This article considers the role of teacher agency and curricular flexibility as pedagogic features of Shoah education in Israeli state schools. The analysis is based on a recent national study which included a quantitative survey (questionnaires), qualitative methods (focus groups, interviews, observations) and a socio-historical review. As…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Autonomy, National Curriculum, State Schools
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Shaked, Haim; Schechter, Chen – NASSP Bulletin, 2016
As instructional leadership involves attempts to understand and improve complex systems, this study explored principals' perceptions regarding possible contributions of systems thinking to instructional leadership. Based on a qualitative analysis, systems thinking was perceived by middle and high school principals to contribute to the following…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Instructional Leadership, Holistic Approach, Principals
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Tal, Tali; Peled, Einat – Environmental Education Research, 2017
In this study, our aim was to understand how environmental education has been implemented in Israeli elementary schools. We selected ten schools that had implemented Education for Sustainability programs and analyzed their mission statements and curriculum documents. We observed each school's activities and interviewed teachers. Our analysis shows…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Semi Structured Interviews, Curriculum Development
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Imanuel-Noy, Dalia; Wagner, Tili – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
The research presents a Residency Math teacher education program that has been developed in Israel in search of transforming initial teacher preparation on the Clinical-Participatory continuum. It is a "multi-phase" mixed-method research aiming to present the clinical and participatory dimensions of the TMR: the way in which they are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
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Yemini, Miri; Bar-Nissan, Hed; Yossi, Shavit – Comparative Education Review, 2014
Education systems worldwide have served as a nation-building apparatus and national consciousness facilitators since the appearance of the modern nation-state. With the emergence of globalization in recent decades, however, a growing presence of cosmopolitanism and internationalization can be traced in education policy and school curricula.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nationalism, Global Approach, History
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Wadmany, Rivka; Zeichner, Orit; Melamed, Orly – Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
Students in a teacher training college in Israel have developed and taught curricula on the intelligent use of the Web. The educational programs were based on activities thematically related to the world of digital citizenship, such as the rights of the child and the Internet, identity theft, copyrights, freedom of expression and its limitations,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Schools of Education, Teacher Education, Curriculum Design
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Tal, Clodie – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2014
This study seeks to determine how and to what extent the core principles of the early childhood education programme at Levinsky College of Education in Israel were applied by a third-year student teacher in a traditional fieldwork placement. At the beginning of the school year, the student planned to engage two small groups of children in her…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Case Studies, Early Childhood Education
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Vidergor, Hava E.; Eilam, Billie – Gifted and Talented International, 2010
The aim of the present study was to assess Israeli certification program for teachers of gifted taking its initial steps in 5 locations. Research sample comprised 40 stakeholders. Goodlad's model of curriculum transformation constituted a framework for describing the various programs as they change from the Ministry to the teachers studying them.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Program Design, Gifted, Teacher Certification
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Gross, Zehavit – Religious Education, 2010
This qualitative study examines how respondents evaluate the influence of their teachers upon the formation of their religious discourse in terms of content, process, and structure. This study addresses the educational-value aspect of religious schooling, as distinct from the instructional aspect, as an integral part of the school curriculum. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Socialization, Reflective Teaching, Religious Education
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Mizel, Omar – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2011
Since the last few decades of the twentieth century, increased independence and autonomy of local schools through the implementation of school-based management (SBM) have become widespread in Western education. SBM is designed to operate within a more general framework of decentralisation of the educational authority. This research set out to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Institutional Autonomy, Elementary Schools, School Based Management
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Liberman, Neomi; Kolikant, Yifat Ben-David; Beeri, Catriel – Computer Science Education, 2012
Due to a program reform in Israel, experienced CS high-school teachers faced the need to master and teach a new programming paradigm. This situation served as an opportunity to explore the relationship between teachers' content knowledge (CK) and their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). This article focuses on three case studies, with emphasis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Novices, Expertise, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Cohen, Rachel; Yarden, Anat – Research in Science Education, 2009
In the new science and technology junior-high-school curriculum in Israel, it is recommended that the cell topic be taught "longitudinally in conjunction with other study contents". This recommendation confers a change in teaching the cell topic and provides an opportunity to form meaningful relationships between biological phenomena at…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Focus Groups, Biology, Foreign Countries
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Zuzovsky, Ruth; Orpaz, Nathan – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1979
Evaluation of an elementary level science curriculum unit (MATAL) illustrates intensive evaluation. This method involves classroom observation by trained observers, formulation of course objectives, student interviews (ability tests), and lesson planning. It stresses the identification of learning difficulties which hinder attainment of course…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation