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Tal Hanan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study employed art-based research with phenomenological qualitative inquiry to understand the perspectives of professionals who are working in the Israeli school system with children diagnosed with selective mutism. Selective mutism (SM) is a disorder originated in anxiety in which a child, between the ages of 3-5, does not speak at school…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Psychosomatic Disorders, Foreign Countries, Children
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Yablon, Yaacov B.; Iluz, Shira; Hershkowitz, Shulamit – British Journal of Religious Education, 2022
School rabbi-teachers are responsible for both the religious education and the daily classroom routines of their pupils. There are many conflicts that arise from the tension between these dual roles and although rabbi-teachers face such conflicts in school daily, they are not adequately trained to deal with them. The aim of the present study was…
Descriptors: Clergy, Judaism, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
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Mualem, Roni; Eylon, Bat-Sheva – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Israeli junior high-school science teachers usually have a background in biology, and their knowledge of physics is limited. We show that by improving teachers' "qualitative understanding" it is possible to increase their confidence and willingness to teach physics. We conducted three-day workshops for teachers (n = 92), which were…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Teacher Workshops, Science Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Taitelbaum, Dorit; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; Carmeli, Miriam; Hofstein, Avi – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
In this study our goal was to better understand the development of chemistry teachers who are involved in a continuous professional development (CPD) programme, focusing on using the inquiry approach in the chemistry classroom-laboratory, followed by protocols assembled in a portfolio that can be used to demonstrate evidence-based practice in…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Teachers, Professional Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; Hofstein, Avi; Penick, John – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
We describe a workshop in which 10 teachers from 10 schools, located in central Israel, participated in the development of alternative assessment tools in the context of implementing a new science curriculum for senior high-school students, namely "Science for All" (an STS type curriculum). In order to assist a group of teachers (who…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Assignments, Research Tools, Learning Problems
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Zion, Michal – Science Education International, 2007
Despite the growing consensus regarding the value of inquiry based teaching and learning, the implementation of such practices continues to be a challenge. The goal of this paper is to present a model for the educational infrastructure that can support the implementation of the Biomind program, which is a new open inquiry program for Israeli…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Centre, Haifa (Israel). – 1996
This Spanish-language report (with an English summary) describes a course on interagency cooperation held at the Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center in Haifa, Israel. The course, with 30 Central and South American participants, discusses the necessity of pooling resources and sharing responsibility among institutions in various…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Health, Child Welfare, Cooperative Planning
Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Centre, Haifa (Israel). – 1997
This report describes a course held in Spanish at the Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center in Haifa, Israel. The course considered various themes related to the education, health, and well-being of preschool children. Participants were 30 individuals from Central and South American countries who held decision-making positions in…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Community Development, Community Involvement
Zellermayer, Michal – 1991
How teachers restructured their professional knowledge (PK) was studied using data from a Tel Aviv (Israel) University workshop for experienced writing teachers that was designed to change their professional orientation from technical rationality to reflection in action. Workshop participants included 18 teachers with 10 to 35 years of teaching…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods