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Yemini, Miri – European Journal of Education, 2021
Many policy makers and scholars consider higher education to be a key driver for states' implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); however, the impact of higher education in national SDGs adoption likely differs, based on features and characteristics of particular states. Hence, this study has two aims: (a) to analyse the public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Role of Education, Higher Education
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Mizrahi-Shtelman, Ravit – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
Based on an in-depth analysis of newspaper articles and internal documents, in this article I examine the formation of a new collective and glocal identity for the Israeli principals' organisation, "Manhigim," which was established in October 2018. I show how, in the process of establishing the organisation, the leaders formed a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Professional Identity, Trust (Psychology)
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Pinson, Halleli – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2020
The Israeli education system is divided and segregated along the lines of nationality and religiosity. While Israeli society and its education system, in particular, have generally been subjected to the influence of globalisation, including universal discourses of citizenship, in many ways it remains highly particularistic and nationalistic. To a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Nationalism, Religious Factors
Douglas Bourn, Editor – UCL Press, 2023
Young people around the world are calling ever more urgently on policymakers to address today's global challenges of sustainability, structural inequality and social justice. So it is little surprise that learning in a global society, understanding sustainable development and being active global citizens are increasingly popular themes for…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Teaching Methods, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Yemini, Miri; Gordon, Noa – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2017
This study applies discourse analysis to Israeli media coverage of national and international standardized examinations within Israel's public education system. Through systematic analysis of the topic in the two main Israeli financial publications between the years 2000 and 2013, we explore the nature and narrative of the media and compare the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, International Assessment, National Competency Tests
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Shenkar, Miriam; Shenkar, Oded – Comparative Education Review, 2011
Teachers often embed their labor demands within a broader context to claim high moral ground and build community support. We analyze a recent teachers' strike in Israel, looking at how the strike played out in a country where the challenges of globalization collided with a socialist legacy in the face of an existential threat. The analysis reveals…
Descriptors: Teacher Strikes, Global Approach, Labor Demands, Foreign Countries
Facchinetti, Roberta, Ed.; Crystal, David, Ed.; Seidlhofer, Barbara, Ed. – Peter Lang Bern, 2010
All languages encode aspects of culture and every culture has its own specificities to be proud of and to be transmitted. The papers in this book explore aspects of this relationship between language and culture, considering issues related to the processes of internationalization and localization of the English language. The volume is divided into…
Descriptors: Group Membership, English, Jews, Foreign Countries