While the literature on the history of history education in Israel is vast, little has been written about it from teachers' perspectives. This article focuses on teachers' motivation for teaching history and explores what formed the ways in which they understood their profession in the 1970s and 1980s, a period of great social and political change…

In this article we explore how we as teacher educators translate a new vision of Israel education into curricular practice in the preparation of emerging Jewish educators. Using a practitioner inquiry mode of research, we reflect on our existential vision of Israel education and its translation into practice as creators and directors of a semester…

My study explores a curriculum development project for Israel education in a liberal Jewish high school. Through an action research framework, I investigate the tensions between teaching about Israel to achieve critical thinking goals and to facilitate students' development of positive affinity for Israel. I also explore the affordances and…

These are exciting and challenging times for English language curriculum development for school-age learners. The global reach of English has spurred a rethinking of its role in education and, consequently, a rethinking of how to teach it. The accounts in this volume represent differences in educational systems, language teaching traditions,…

Following the general conference theme of "Education for Solidarity," this report describes the educational principle and framework within the Kibbutz. The "Mossad" or Community School shelters the Kibbutz child and supervises his development from 12 to 18. The great formative factors, as seen by the Kibbutz, are communal…

The aim of this article is to explore, through the case of the official Israeli state curriculum, how the educational system is affected by social changes and how it responds to them, and to suggest curricular directions that go along with the new social reality that has emerged in Israel during the past decade. We offer a conceptual-theoretical…

Reviews research on curriculum development and implementation and presents a model of teacher involvement in curriculum development and implementation tested within the framework of a regional teachers' workshop in Israel. (DB)

This booklet is the result of more than one year of meetings from 1997 to 1998 between 16 Palestinian and Jewish Israeli educators from both formal and informal educational systems. The establishment of this forum was supported by the "People to People Program" whose main goal is to enhance dialogue and relations between Palestinians and…

Suggests teaching modes of thought other than the scientifically based theoretical mode. Urges teaching students to nurture practical thinking. Describes a case study of a program of Israel studies in Israelis Jewish schools that includes a variety of disciplines. Offers a plan for monthly conferences organized by students with assistance from…

This unit uses a learning center approach to helping elementary students learn about Israel. Following a rationale for implementing an interdisciplinary approach to global education, the unit discusses methodology and management of the program, which consists of seven independent learning centers and one library research center through which…

To examine the relationship between society and curriculum, three research projects are analyzed. The first project, Beauchamp and Beauchamp (1967), which attempts to answer the question of how a curriculum comes to be what it is, examined the likenesses and differences in curriculum engineering practices among selected European countries. The…

Offers some aims for education at the university level for older adults with a view of knowledge and practice in the field. Research findings from life-span developmental studies on the cognitive, personality, and motivational characteristics of older people are discussed along with suggestions for planning academic programs. (Author/JAC)

Questions how teacher autonomy in school-based curriculum is perceived by teachers and planners in Israel's kibbutzim. Discovers that planners view teachers as primarily consumers, while teachers see themselves in the more active role of selectors and adapters. Study focused on four components of autonomy and employed questionnaires and…