Describes and analyzes role problems of trainers who conduct conflict-management workshops between Arabs and Jews in Israel. Uses role theory to focus on problems of role ambiguity and role conflict, citing examples of each. Concludes with discussion of consequences of role problems on trainers' performance. (Author/TE)

Examines differential patterns of cultural and social assimilation of Israeli immigrants using a cross-sectional mail survey of 155 naturalized and 50 nonnaturalized immigrants in New York City. In general, the higher the economic status, the greater the degree of cultural assimilation. (SLD)

Two studies compared primary and secondary control beliefs of adolescents living in modern cultures (Germans, North Americans, Jewish Israelis) with those of adolescents in cultures undergoing a transition to modernity (Malaysians, Israeli Druzes). Found that adolescents from transitional cultures endorsed secondary control beliefs to a greater…

Continues a series by presenting a representative list of fiction and nonfiction titles on the topic of baseball and cultural diversity. Sources and novels on African-American, Latin American, and Jewish ballplayers are listed, for a total of 246 references. (SLD)

Contends that before teaching about the Holocaust teachers must assess their students' understanding of this event. Considers five student misconceptions about the origins of the Holocaust. Includes responses by students in grades 10-12. Explains the inaccuracy of each misconception, using the work of Holocaust historians as supporting evidence.…

Describes preferred places of drinking by Jewish, Moslem, Christian, and Druze adolescent drinkers (n=1,480) in Israel. Jewish adolescents obtain alcohol from pubs, while non-Jewish adolescents obtain alcohol from home. Presents gender, grade- and cultural-oriented suggestions for prevention of adolescent alcohol use. (SNR)

Describes a series of opening activities for the study of the Holocaust in order to discover: (1) students' current knowledge base about the Holocaust; (2) students' depth of knowledge about the Holocaust; and (3) students' crucial questions and concerns about the Holocaust. (CMK)

Examines effects of aggregated indicators of concentrated disadvantage on access of the 17-18 cohort to high school matriculation, comparing Arab and Jewish localities in Israel. Suggests that Arab localities secure a significantly lower access to educational credentials. (CMK)

Reviews sociological analysis of the transformation of the link between language and identity among Soviet Jewish immigrants in Israel, focusing on their common desire for Russian language maintenance after their immigration to Israel. Argues that although the immigrants acquire fast, the former Jewish intelligensia's perception of the dominant…

Teaching a unit based on the migratory experience of a particular group of immigrants gives students a better understanding of the entire immigration experience. Presents a lesson that focuses on the Italian immigrants as they moved throughout the world during the Age of Immigration. (CMK)

Used drawings and questionnaires to investigate development of images of "a Jew" and "an Arab" among Jewish Israeli 4- to 15-year-olds. Found that preschoolers expressed positive biases toward the in-group and negativism toward the out-group. Early adolescents manifested mainly negative biases toward the out-group. Children in…

This study examined the relation between multiple commitments (organizational commitment, occupational commitment, job involvement, and group commitment), ethnicity, and cultural values (individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity/femininity) with organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) and in-role…

Focuses on extent of feminization of teaching and principalship in Israel. Examines interaction of local authority and school contexts on the percentage of women teachers in schools and probability of having women as principals. Suggests that different economic, sociocultural, and organizational contexts are associated with patterns of…

Strategies are actions and behaviours used by the writer to solve problems in the writing process. These actions and behaviours reflect four clusters: meta-cognitive, cognitive, social, and affective processes. The goal of the overall study with 352 children was to check the effect of strategy usage on written output. Three research windows were…

The study examined attitudes towards inclusion and sense of efficacy of 1155 Israeli preservice teachers and variables related to these beliefs. Participants responded to an "Options related to inclusion scale", and a "Teacher efficacy scale". Findings revealed strong support for the principle of inclusion, yet also support for…