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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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Hofman, Amos – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2007
Jewish history is unique in the sense that it expands over a vast period of time and takes place in almost all places in the world. This creates a major potential for historical debates. The state of Israel, which views itself as the high-point of Jewish national identity, has inherited these debates but attempted to find a way between them by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Nationalism, Jews
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Shkedi, Asher – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2006
This paper focuses on an innovative curriculum for teaching culturally valued texts and the issues around the curriculum's implementation by teachers. The writers of this curriculum considered the subject-matter of this curriculum as a cultural "language" containing specific concepts, attitudes, and modes of thought. The curriculum…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Instructional Innovation, Cultural Context
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Benavot, Aaron; Resh, Nura – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2003
In recent years, the predominance of the nation-state as the sole arbiter of curricular matters has eroded. New actors and organizations, especially local schools, have acquired greater discretion over the definition of school subjects and curricular emphases. This study investigates whether and how different patterns of educational governance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Institutional Characteristics, Jews