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Lina Boulos; Rawia Hayik; Amal Taha-Fahoum; Yaser Awad – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2024
As part of a joint European-Israeli project for developing modernised curricula on migrants' lives (DEMO), academic courses were adapted to meet the needs of a population served by a Palestinian teacher-education college in Northern Israel. Arab minority students, in many cases descendants of displaced people, attended two courses within the…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education
Goldner, Limor; Golan, Daphna – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
The current study identified factors contributing to the long-term perception of meaningful civic engagement in a sample of Israelis involved in extra-curricular civic-engagement programs as students. Using a qualitative research method supported by quantitative analyses, we found that five to 10 years after completing higher education, most…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Jews, Extracurricular Activities, Individual Development
Bilski-Cohen, Rachel; Melnik, Noah – 1974
In this report, the formation and use of a creative movement program by a group of Israeli educators as a means of promoting intellectual development in culturally disadvantaged children, mostly of North African and Asian origin, is described. The theoretical framework of the experiment, based on the work of Piaget and other educational…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Concept Formation, Creativity, Disadvantaged
Paz, Ruth – 1990
In this book, Bernard van Leer Foundation programs in Israel that combined early childhood education and community development approaches across a 10-year period are described. Chapter (1) provide an introduction; (2) discuss the evolution of this combined approach, its theoretical roots in the separate disciplines of early childhood education and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Community Development, Compensatory Education
Smilansky, Moshe; Nevo, David – 1979
This book reports on compensatory education in Israel and presents results of a 10-year evaluation of the Boarding School Fostering Program, a secondary school project in the education of culturally disadvantaged gifted students. The book is divided into two parts. Part One, "General Orientation to Compensatory Education in Israel," is…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs
Soll, Lila; McCall, Cecelia – Improving College and University Teaching, 1984
Efforts to provide nontraditional students with access to traditional higher education in Israel and New York City through the Israeli Mechina program and the City University of New York's SEEK program are described. The program structures, philosophies, and curricula are compared. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Curriculum, College Students, Comparative Analysis

Weiss, Sol – Mathematics Teacher, 1973
The underlying philosophies and the teaching methods used in several Israeli mathematics programs for disadvantaged students are explained and described; a study that used a psychological approach concerned with the rehabilitation of the impaired intelligence of disadvantaged children also is discussed. (DT)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum, Disadvantaged Youth, Instruction
Eliyahu, Shlomo Ben – 1979
The major concern of the educational system in Israel today is how to advance students who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and from a cultural background which is different from that of the privileged sectors of the population. In general, the problem of educationally disadvantaged students is related to the problem of social gaps. These…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Lombard, Avima D. – 1980
This document describes a home-based enrichment program for preschool children in Israel. The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) provides weekly packets of educational activities to mothers and their educationally disadvantaged children of 4 to 6 years of age. Families selected for the program are of Afro-Asian origin, have…
Descriptors: Community Action, Educationally Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities, Foreign Countries
Milgram, Roberta M. – 1979
Informal and formal programing for gifted children in grades 4 through 12 in Israel are described. After school and summer enrichment programs, special classes and special schools for the gifted are discussed; and a number of programs for gifted children from disadvantaged backgrounds are presented. The author reports on her own research studies…
Descriptors: Creativity, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Goldstein, Joseph – 1980
A large-scale educational program, involving 30 settlements and neighborhoods that had been defined as suffering from deprivation, this project included a variety of reinforcement and enrichment programs. Information for a case study of the program was collected through interviews. Findings indicated that the guiding principles of the program…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Committees, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Salach, Simcha – 1993
From the perspective of the project leader, this book traces the growth and development of the Early Childhood and Family Education Project in Morasha, Israel, during the 8 years of its existence (1982-1990). Chapter 1 describes Morasha, a poor, immigrant neighborhood in Ramat HaSharon, and the author's childhood there. Chapter 2 describes the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Community Action, Community Development, Day Care Centers
Bernard van Leer Foundation Newsletter, 1994
This theme issue of the Bernard van Leer Foundation's "Newsletter" is devoted to approaches to working with disadvantaged children up to 3 years of age. An introduction describes the crucial period from before birth to 3 years, noting that although the mother's body provides the an essential part of the environment, other easily…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cultural Influences, Developed Nations
Adler, Chaim; Melzer-Druker, Pessy – 1983
Published evaluation reports about educational intervention programs sponsored by Israel's Project Renewal are summarized and analyzed in this report. The programs reported on fall into the following categories: (1) intervention programs aimed at the family; (2) curriculum-based intervention programs; (3) school-related enrichment programs; (4)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Passow, A. Harry – 1968
The educational situation of disadvantaged groups in Israel and England is reviewed. The nature of the immigrant and disadvantaged populations, the kind and extent of schooling available, and the positions of local educational authorities and of the two governments are discussed. Also included are descriptions of various programs for disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Armed Forces, Attitude Change, Collective Settlements