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Keith Goldstein; Pnina Golan-Cook – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2022
Stereotypes about subcultures (e.g., Freaks, Nerds, Stoners) have become increasingly utilized to describe subgroups in society. For youth, they are tools for bullying and a way of describing bullies. They are also mundane styles that describe qualities about all of us in some limited capacity. This case study reflects upon online research methods…
Descriptors: Subcultures, Stereotypes, Youth, Cultural Context
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Bekerman, Zvi – Religious Education, 2012
Recognition is the main word attached to multicultural perspectives. The multicultural call for recognition, the one calling for the recognition of cultural minorities and identities, the one now voiced by liberal states all over and also in Israel was a more difficult one. It took the author some time to realize that calling for the recognition…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Jews, Multicultural Education, Religious Education
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Adler, Chaim; Kahane, Reuven – Youth and Society, 1984
Outlines the crisis-engendering tensions and the main stages of youth identity formation through the history of Israel. Details the historical, political, and psychological origins of identity crises among Israeli youth and the coping styles they have developed. (RDN)
Descriptors: Coping, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Self Concept
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Rotenberg, Mordechai; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1976
The impact of child rearing practices on achievement motivation, hypnotic susceptibility, and brain wave patterns of children from Israeli subcultures are examined. Of the four subgroups studied, although they differed in school performance, their need achievement scores were similiar. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Children, Ethnic Groups
Preale, Ilane; And Others – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Behavioral Science Research, Ethnic Origins, Perception
Sharan, Shlomo (Singer); and others – J Soc Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Anxiety, Birth Order, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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Javetz, Rachel; Shuval, Judith T. – Youth and Society, 1984
Data are analyzed and discussed from a sample of Israeli secondary school students in an attempt to determine the social correlates of drug behavior. The probability of drug abuse is assessed in terms (1) of demographic and subgroup variables and (2) of specific social and behavioral traits. (RDN)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Crime, Drug Abuse, Foreign Countries
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Peleg, Rachel; Shapira, Rina – Youth and Society, 1984
Describes the origins and transformation of the Israeli youth movements. Touches on their educational programs, political affiliations, and inculcation of leadership values. Discusses their role in meeting adolescents' psychological and social needs, providing ideological continuity, influencing collective conceptions, strengthening patriotism,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Unity, Leadership Training, Organizational Development
Shapira, Ariella; Madsen, Millard C. – Child Develop, 1969
Research supported in part by Office of Economic Opportunity contract No. IED 1-66-12.
Descriptors: Aggression, Collective Settlements, Community Cooperation, Cultural Differences
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Adler, Chaim, Ed.; Kahane, Reuven, Ed. – Youth and Society, 1984
Contains seven essays addressing the following topics: (1) Israeli youths' search for identity; (2) the Black Panthers of Israel; (3) cultural characteristics and group image of religious youth; (4) drug use among high school students; (5) Israeli youth movements; (6) proscriptive values in high school youth; and (7) disadvantaged youngsters in a…
Descriptors: Activism, Adolescent Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Drug Abuse
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Abu-Rabia, Salim – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1996
Investigates the relationship of attitudes and cultural background to reading comprehension in the second language (L2) of Israeli Arab students learning Hebrew and Israeli Jewish and Canadian Arab students learning English. Results showed that the motivation of students to learning their L2 was instrumental rather than integrative, regardless of…
Descriptors: Arabs, Context Effect, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)